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SMALL NUTHATCH. 



Sitta pusilla. S. cinerca, subtus sordide alba, capife fusco, macula 

 occipitis sordide alba, rectricibus latcrulibus nigris. Lath. ind. 

 orn. 



Cinereous Nuthatch, dull white beneath, with brown head, dull- 

 white occipital spot, and black lateral tail-feathers. 



Small Nuthatch. Catesb. Carol. 1. pi. 22. 



Least Nuthatch. Lath. syn. 



MUCH smaller than the European Nuthatch, mea- 

 suring only about three inches and a half: head 

 brown, with a white spot at the hind part: back 

 grey: wings deep brown: under parts of the body 

 dull white: two middle tail-feathers grey, the rest 

 black: bill black: legs grey. Inhabits North Ame- 

 rica, and is said to be found in Carolina throughout 

 the whole year. 



GREAT NUTHATCH. 



Sitta Major. 5. grisea, subtus albescens, gula alba, revnigibus rcc- 

 tricibusquefuscis, margine fufcis. Lath. ind. orn. 



Grey Nuthatch, whitish beneath, with white throat, and brown 

 quill and tail-feathers with fulvous edges. 



Another sort of Loggerhead. Sloan Jam. p. 301. 



Great Nuthatch. Lath. syn. 



DESCRIBED by Sir Hans Sloane in his History of 

 Jamaica; length seven inches and a half: bill 

 v. vin. p. i. $ 



