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LONG-BILLED NUTHATCH. 



Sitta longirostra. S. ccerulescens, subtus pallide rufesccns, remigibus 

 primoribus apice fuscis, loris m^ris. L,ath. ind. orn. 



Blueish Nuthatch, pale ruiescent beneatli, with black lores, and 

 larger quill-feathers tipped with brown. 



Long- billed Nuthatch. Lath. syn. suppl. 



THIS is a species described by Dr. Latham from 

 a drawing, and is said to measure nine inches: the 

 bill is above an inch long, and black; but the base 

 pale or whitish: the crown of the head and whole 

 upper parts of the bird are pale blue-grey, but the 

 cheeks and forehead are white, and a black streak 

 passes through each eye along the sides of the 

 neck: the wings are tipped with brown, and the 

 under parts of the bird are pale tawny: the legs 

 pale brown. Inhabits Batavia. 



CHINESE NUTHATCH. 



Sitta cristata ferrugincn, capite colloque nigris, pectore abdominequc 



albis, macula postoculari nigra alteraque nivca. 

 Crested ferruginous Nuthatch, with black head and neck, white 



breast and abdomen, a red spot behind the eye, and another 



white one. 



Chinese Nuthatch. Lath. syn. 

 Lanius jocosus. . Lath. ind. orn. 



DESCRIBED by Dr. Latham: size somewhat su- 

 perior to that of a Goldfinch : bill and head black : 



