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Gun XXIV. NUTHATCH, 



N" i. European N. Var. A. 



Var. A. Leffer N* N° 4. Great N. 

 Var. B. 5. Spotted N. 



Var. C. 6. Surinam N. 



2. Canada N. 7. Chinefe N. 



3. Jamaica N. 



THE bill of this genus is moftly ftrait; on the lower mandible 

 a fmall angle. 

 Noftrils fmall, covered with bridles reflected over them. 

 Tongue fhort, horny at the end, and jagged. 

 Toes placed three forward and one backward ; the middle toe 

 joined clofely at the bafe to both the outmofb ; back toe as large 

 as the middle one- 



The general manners of the whole of this genus, are fuppofed 

 to correfpond with .thofe related under the firfl fpecies, which is 

 the only one found in England. 



Sitt* 



