PARIDAE: SITTINAE 
727. Sitta carolinensis 
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH. 6 inches 
Male. Above blue-gray; top of head black; the sides white ; 
long black bill; wing bars and tail spots white; /a/ very short and 
square. Below white. Female. Similar, but has little black on head. 
A bird of the tree trunks and branches, 
usually seen head downwards poking in the A 
crevices of the bark for its insect food, is 
also fond of nuts and table bits that thought- \ 
ful persons furnish it. Common in Mas- We 
sachusetts in autumn and winter. Vs 
Song. Aprolonged fa-ha-ha-ha, also a \e ie 
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nasal note like yan2, yank, yank. 
Nest. Ina hole in a tree. 
Breeds. Throughout New England. 
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