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CERTHIADJ!. 



INSESSORES. 



SCANSORES. 



CERTHIADJ. 



THE NUTHATCH. 



Sitta Europ&a. 



Sitta Europcza, European Nutliatcli, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 336. 

 MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



The 



Common 



Sitelle Torcliepot, 



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

 FLEM. Brit. An. p. 81. 

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

 JENYNS, Brit. Yert. p. 154. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe. 

 TEMM. Man. d'Ornitb. vol. i. p. 407. 



SITTA. 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. 



