DESCRIPTION. 209 



stiff, and pointed at tip. Above, brownish, streaked 

 with paler colour ; below, whitish ; bill slender and 

 curved ; wings with a broad band of pale- rusty, 

 and with other light markings ; superciliary stripe 

 white. 



235. White-breasted Nuthatch. 



Length about 5J inches, tail about 2 inches long. 

 Above, bluish-gray, crown glossy-black, (dark- 

 grayish in females) ; wings marked with blotches 

 of black ; lower parts whitish, lower tail-coverts 

 spotted with chestnut-rufous. 



236. Bed- breasted Nuthatch. 



Length about 4J inches, tail about 2 inches long. 

 Above, bluish-gray, crown and nape glossy-black, 

 (dark-grayish in female) ; side of head with a black 

 stripe, and superciliary stripe of white ; below, 

 rusty. 



237. Chickadee. 



Length about 5 inches, tail about 2J inches long. 

 Crown and nape black, back olive -grayish, wing 

 and tail-feathers edged with whitish; below, white, 

 with chin and throat blackish, and sides tinged 

 with brownish. 



238. Hudsonian Chickadee. 



Length about 5 inches, tail about 2J inches long. 



