114 SPOTTED NUTHATCH. 



thickest in the middle, and curved at the end: 

 head and back grey: under parts whitish: wings 

 and tail brown with orange edges : native of Ja- 

 maica, feeding on worms, insects, &c. 



SPOTTED NUTHATCH, 



Sitta naevia. S. plumbea albo-maculata, subtus cceruko-cinerca, 



lincis longitudinalibus albis. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Lead-coloured Nuthatch spotted with white, beneath blue-grey 



with longitudinal white streaks. 

 Wall-creeper of Surinam. Edw. pi. 346. 

 Spotted Nuthatch. Lath. ind. orn. 



DESCRIBED by Edwards under the title of Wall- 

 Creeper of Surinam. " The bill of this bird is 

 long in proportion, strait, somewhat compressed 

 sideways, a little hooked at the point, and of a 

 dusky brownish colour: the head, hinder side of 

 the neck, back, rump, tail, and wings, are of a 

 .dark blueish lead-colour: all the covert-feathers on 

 the upper side of the wings are tipped with white : 

 the inner coverts of the wings are dusky, edged 

 with white: the insides of the quills, and under 

 side of the tail-feathers are ash-coloured, lighter 

 than they are above: the throat is white: the 

 breast, belly, thighs, and coverts beneath the tail 

 are of a blueish ash-colour, lighter than the upper 

 side of the bird : from the throat as far as the legs 

 the breast is marked with white lines, drawn down 

 the middle of each feather, which end in points : 

 the legs and feet are of a dusky brown colour." 



