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VAR. ? 

 LITTLE NUTHATCH. 



This is mentioned by Belon, who affirms that i 

 is much smaller than the common Nuthatch, am 

 of a more noisy disposition. It resides in similai 

 situations, and is equally solitary : associating onl} 

 with its mate, and attacking any other which it 

 happens to see. 



BLACK-HEADED NUTHATCH. 



Sitta Carolinensis. S. cinerea subtus candicans, abdomine imo rufes- 

 cente f capite et collo superiore nigris, rectricibus lateralibus albo 

 nigroque variis. Lath. ind. orn. 



Cinereous Nuthatch, whitish beneath, with the lower part of the 

 abdomen inclining to rufous, the head and upper part of the 

 neck black, and the tail-feathers varied with black and white. 



Black-headed Nuthatch. Penn. Arct. Zool. Lath. syn. suppl. 



SMALLER than the European Nuthatch: bill, 

 head, and hind part of the neck black ; over each 

 eye a white line : back of a fine grey: wings dusky, 

 edged with grey : breast, belly, and vent feathers 

 red: two middle tail-feathers grey; the rest black 

 with white tips. Native of the temperate parts of 

 America. 



