NUTHATCH. 6$i 



gUta Europsa, Un. Sjft. i. p, 177. N* i. |f. i. 



Le petit Torchepoj d? Js Carellne, Sri/, era. ii'u p. 598. N° 5, Var. C. 



La petite Sittelle & tefe bfune, #«$/". <«/, v, p. 474. var. 6. 



Small Nuthatch, Gateft, Gar, i, pi, gg 9 



Loggerhead, §km>Jm> p. 301, t. gj§, f. g, mt exafit 



HpHIS is lefs than all the former, being in length only four Dbscriptiowi. 

 •* inches and one-third. The bill feven lines long, and black : 

 the upper parts of the head and neck are brown % on the hind 

 head there is a dirty white fpot 1 the upper parts of the body, 

 wings, and tail, alb-coloured 1 the under parts dirty white ; upper 

 wing coverts brown i quillg deep brown, with paler brown edges ; 

 the two middle tail feathers cinereous j the reft black 5 legs and 

 daws brown, 



It is found in Carolina the whole year ; it feeds on infe&s, as Places.- 



does the laft mentioned. It is alfo met with common in Jamaica, 

 in the j 'av 'annas, among the buihes j and has obtained the name of 

 &gg§rbead, from its ftupidity, as it frequently fuffers men to come 

 fo near k as to knock it down with a ftiek, 



Shta Canadenfis, Lin.SyJl.i, p. 177. N° 2. g< 



Le Torchepot de Canada, Brif. am. iii. p. 593. N° 2. pi, 29. ft 4. 4- CANADA 



La Sittelle du Canada, Buf, oif. v. p. 471. N. 



Torchepot da Canada* PI, enl, 623. f, 2. 



/ T V HIS is fmaller than our Nuthatch : length four inches ten Description 



lines. Bill feven lines and a half long, colour blackifh afh : 

 the upper parts of the body are cinereous : throat and cheeks 



4 O 2 whitifh ; 



