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EUROPEAN NUTHATCH.. 



Sitta Europea. S. plumbea, subtus subferruginea, fascia transoculari 



irigra, rectricibus lateralibus nigris props apicem albidis. 

 Lead-coloured Nuthatch, subferrugiiious beneath, with a black 



streak across the eyes, and black lateral tail-feathers whitish 



near the tip. 

 Sitla Europa. S. rectricibus nigris, lateralibus quatuor infra apicem 



albis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 The Nuthatch or Nutjobber. Will. orn. 

 The Nuthatch. Perm. Brit. Zool. 

 La Sittelle ou Torchepot. Buf.ois. PI. Enl. 623. f. ! 



THIS bird is very correctly described by Mr. 

 Pennant in the British Zoology. " The Nuthatch 

 weighs near an ounce: its length is near five 

 inches three quarters ; breadth nine inches : the 

 bill is strong and strait, about three quarters of an 

 inch long; the upper mandible black, the lower 

 white: the irides hazel; the crown of the head, 

 back, and coverts of the wings are of a fine blueish 

 grey: a black stroke passes over the eye from the 

 mouth: the cheeks and chin are white: the breast 

 and belly are of a dull orange-colour; the quill- 

 feathers dusky: the wings underneath are marked 

 with two spots, one white, at the root of the ex- 

 terior quills, the other black, at the joint of the 

 bastard wing: the tail consists of twelve feathers; 

 the two middle are grey; the two exterior feathers 

 tipped with grey; then succeeds a transverse white 

 spot; beneath that the rest is black : the legs are 



