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Tail feathers, stiff and pointed ; bill, curved; upper parts, streaked; 

 under parts, white; rump, dull rufous brown. 



Certhia familiar is americana. 

 Brown Creeper. 



See No. 348. 



Family SITTID^. Nuthatches. 



White-breasted Nuthatch. 



Bill, as illustrated; nostrils, con- 

 cealed by bristly tufts ; tarsus, scutellate ; 

 first primary, very short ; tail feathers, not 

 stiff and pointed. The White-breasted 

 Nuthatch is sometimes mistaken by the 

 novice for a small Woodpecker. If tail 

 feathers are stiff and pointed, look for 

 the bird under Family Picidae. 



Crown, black; back, gray, with- 

 out white; wings, not heavily spotted 

 with white ; tail feathers, not stiff or 

 pointed; toes, four, three in front, 

 one behind; wing, 3.50 to 3.75 inches 

 long. Sitta carolinensis. 



White-breasted Nuthatch. 

 See No. 349. 



Bill, more than three-eighths 



inch long; under parts, pale rufous 



brown; crown, black (male); crown, 



bluish gray (female); wing, 2.60 to 



2.85 inches long. Sitta canadensis. 



Red-breasted Nuthatch. 



See No. 350. 



Bill, more than three-eighths inch long; crown, grayish brown; 

 under parts, dull grayish white; wing, 2.40 to 2.70 inches long. 



Sitta pusilla. 

 Brown-headed Nuthatch. 

 See Nos. 350-351. 



