F'.IRDS OF V. K. ISI.ANI) 



jlu thatch .^i^amili). 



WIirrE BKLLTKl) NUTHATCH. 

 ( Sifia Ca roHneusis) 



This is not a common bird with us, l)ut a 

 few arc met with in tlie older settled i)arts of 

 the country. We have seen them in the summer 

 and late autunm. It is larger than the next 

 sjXicies which it resembles in L^eneral appearance, 

 but the under parts are white, and there is more 

 white on the winL:;s. It is less active and noisy. 

 It is a beautiful, sedate little l)ird, wandering 

 over the trunks of the deciduous forest trees 

 uttering its peculiar ick, ick^ ick. 



RED-BEITJEI) NUTHATCH. 



( Sitta Canadensis) 



This is one of our most common resident 

 birds, flocking with the Chickadees, and helping 

 to relieve the monotony of the winter woods by 

 its animated ways. From the Chickadees it is 



