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CERTHIAD.E. 



INSESSORES. 

 SCANSORES. 



CERTHIADM. 



THE NUTHATCH. 



Sitta Europ^Ea, European A^uth 

 The 



Common 



Sitelle Torchepot, 



tch, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 336. 

 Mont. Ornith. Diet. 

 Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 146. 

 Flem. Brit, An. p. 81. 

 Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 385. 

 Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 154. 

 Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xii. 

 Temm. Man. d'Ornitli. vol. i. p. 407. 



Generic Characters. — Beak straight, nearly cylindrical, wider than high at 

 the base, subulate, pointed. Tongue, short, pointed, horny. Nostrils basal, 

 rounded, partly hidden by hair and short feathers. Feet with three toes before, 

 and one behind ; the outer toe joined at its base to the middle toe. Wings 

 rather short; the first feather very short, the fourth or fifth feather the longest. 

 Tail short, flexible, square at the end. 



