FAMILY PAIilD^E. — NUTHATCHES, TITMICE, ETC 



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FAMILY PARID^. 



Nuthatches, Titmice, etc. 



SUBFAMILY SITTING. 



Nuthatches. 



Bill, as illustrated ; nostrils, concealed by 

 bristly tufts ; tarsus, scutellate ; first primary, 

 very short; tail feathers, not stiff and pointed. 

 The white=bellied Nuthatch is sometimes mis- 

 taken by the novice for a small Woodpecker. 

 If tail feathers are stiff and pointed, look for 

 the bird under Family Picidae. 



Crowu, black; back, gray, without white; 

 wings, uot lieavily spotted with white; 

 tail feathers, not stiff or pointed ; toes, 

 four, three ia front, oue behind; wing, 

 .S.dO to 3.75 inches long. 



White=breasted Nuthatch. 

 Sitta rarolinensiii, and races. 

 See Xo. 547. 



Bill, more than three eighths ineli long; 

 underparts, pale rufous brown ; crown, 

 black (male) ; crown, bhiish gray (fe- 

 male) ; wing, 2.60 to 2.85 inclies long. 



Red^breasted Nuthatch. 



Sitta canadensis. 



See No. 549. 



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Bill, more than three eighths inch long; 

 crown, grayish brown ; underparts, 

 dull grayish white; wing, 2.40 to 2.70 

 inches long. 



Brown^headed Nuthatch. 

 Sitta jmsilla. 



See No. 550. 



