IKSESSORES. 

 SCANSORES. 



NUTHATCH. 



183 

 CERTHlADfc. 



THE NUTHATCH. 



Sitta Europcea. 



Sitta Europoea, European Nuthatch, 



Tie 



Common 



Sitelle Torchepot, 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 336. 

 MONTAGU, Ornith Diet. 

 BEWICK. Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 146. 

 FLEM. Brit. An. p. 81. 

 SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 385. 

 JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 154. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xii. 

 TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 407. 



SITTA. Generic Characters. Beak straight, nearly cylindrical, wider than 

 high at the base, subulate, pointed. Tongue short, pointed, horny. Nostrils 

 basal, rounded, partly hidden by hair and short feathers. Feet with three toes 

 before, and one behind ; the outer toe joined at its base to the middle toe. Wings 

 rather short ; the first feather very short, the fourth or fifth feather the longest. 

 Tail short, flexible, square at the end. 



