232 Birds of Oregon and Washington 



PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION. Male: Head and neck, 

 black ; black stripe passing through eye to shoulder, and 

 white stripe over eye ; back and upper wing-coverts, 

 lead-color ; tail, black, barred with white near the end, 

 tipped with pale brown ; below, pale reddish-brown. 



Female : Top of head, gray. 



Permanent resident. 



THE SLENDER-BILLED NUTHATCH. 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION : 



Upper parts : gray. 



Under parts : white. 



Length, 5.5 inches. 

 Found on tree-trunks, etc. 



This Nuthatch is not equally common in all 



parts of our States, but is not infrequently found 



perhaps more frequently in the eastern 



parts of this section. It is the western species 



of the eastern White-breasted Nuthatch. 



The name Slender-billed describes one main 

 characteristic of the bird. Its habits are sub- 

 stantially the same as those of the Red-breasted 

 Nuthatch. 



PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION. Male : Top of head 

 and neck, black ; back, slate-color ; wings, dark slate ; 

 white breast and under parts. 



Permanent resident. 



