(51 NUTHATCH. 



chin, white; throat and breast, buff-colour; the latter chesnut 

 on the sides, and towards the neck, with a tinge of orange; 

 back, light slate-colour. Tail, except the two middle feathers, 

 which are light slate-colour, black at the base, grey at the 

 end, with a patch of white between these two colours on the 

 three outside feathers, lessening inwards; legs, toes, and claws, 

 lii>-l)t brown, the former scaled. 



