JAMAICA NUTHATCH. 115 



The length of this bird, according to Edwards's 

 plate, which represents it of the natural size, is 

 about six inches. It is a native of Surinam. 



; JAMAICA NUTHATCH. 



Sitta Jatnaicensis. S. cinerea subtus alba, vertice ni%ro t rectricibut 



lateralibus nigricantibus, apicc lineis tranaversis albis nutatis. 



Lath. ind. orn. 

 Cinereous Nuthatch white beneath, with black crown, and blackish 



lateral tail-feathers marked at the tip with transverse white 



lines. 



Sitta Jamaicensis. S. pileo nigro. Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 Loggerhead. Brown Jam. p. 4/5. Sloan Jam. p. 30Q.pl. 25g.f. 1. 

 Jamaica Nuthatch. Lath. syn. 



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DESCRIBED by Sir Hans Sloane in his Natural 

 History of Jamaica: size of the Common Nut- 

 hatch: length five inches and a half: bill near an 

 inch long, and black : head large, with black crown : 

 upper parts of the body cinereous; under parts 

 white: quill-feathers blackish, with grey edges: 

 tail blackish, with all the feathers, except the two 

 middle ones, crossed towards the ends by trans- 

 verse white lines. Native of Jamaica and South 

 America, feeding on Insects, arid having the cha- 

 racter of a stupid bird, easily suffering itself to be 

 taken. From the size of its head it is known in 

 Jamaica by the title of Loggerhead. 



