232 Birds of Oregon and Washington 



Particular Description. — Male: Head and neck, 

 black ; black stripe passing through eye to shoulder, and 

 white stripe over eye ; back and upper wing-coverts, 

 lead-color ; tail, black, barred with white near the end, 

 tipped with pale brown ; below, pale reddish-brown. 



Female : Top of head, gray. 



Permanent resident. 



THE SLENDER-BILLED NUTHATCH. 



General Description : 



Upper parts : gray. 



Under parts : white. 



Length, 5.5 inches. 

 Found on tree-trunks, etc. 



This Nuthatch is not equally common in all 

 parts of our States, but is not infrequently found 

 — perhaps more frequently — in the eastern 

 parts of this section. It is the western species 

 of the eastern White-breasted Nuthatch. 



The name Slender-billed describes one main 

 characteristic of the bird. Its habits are sub- 

 stantially the same as those of the Red-breasted 

 Nuthatch. 



Particular Description. — Male: Top of head 

 and neck, black ; back, slate-color ; wings, dark slate ; 

 white breast and under parts. 



Permanent resident. 



