302 WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH. 



lateral tail feathers black, with a broad band of white near the end, the 

 rest black, excepting the middle ones. The sides of the head, space above 

 the eye, fore neck and breast white; abdomen and lower tail-coverts 

 brownish-red, with white tips ; under wing- coverts black. 



Length 5i inches, extent of wings 11 ; bill along the ridge /j, along 

 the gap i| ; tarsus ^^, middle toe ^§. 



Adult Female. Plate CLII. Fig. 2, 2. 

 The female resembles the male. 



