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whitifh ; the reft of the under parts pale rufous : the noftrils are 

 covered with briftly feathers of a whitifh colour, and turned 

 forwards, as in the others of this genus •, from thefe pafles a ftripe 

 of white over the eyes : behind the eyes is another ftripe of a 

 blackifli colour : the greater wing coverts are brown, with cine- 

 reous edges : quills the fame ; all except the firft have the outer 

 edges cinereous, the inner whitifh : the two middle tail feathers 

 are cinereous ; the next black, with the end cinereous ; and the 

 four outer ones black on each fide, the ends on the outfide cine- 

 reous, and the infide white : legs and claws grey-brown. 

 Place. It is found in Canada ; and has the manners of the reft. 



„_ Sitta Jamaicenfis, Lin.SyJl.i. p. 178. N° 3. 



JAMAICA Le Torchepot de la Jamaique, Brif.om. p. 594. N*j» 



"' La Sittelle a. huppe noire, Buf, oi/. v. p. 472. 



Sitta major capite nigro, Rait Sjn. p. 185. N° 33. 

 Loggerhead, Brown Jam. p. 475. 



Description. VLOANE fays, that it has a large head, and is about the fize of 



our Nuthatch. : length near five inches and a half. Bill ten 



lines long, and black : the crown of the head is black : upper 



parts of the body cinereous j the under parts white : quills 



blackifh, with cinereous edges : tail blackifli ; all the feathers, 



except the two middle ones, marked with tranfverfe lines of 



white towards the ends : legs and claws black. 



Places. Inhabits Jamaica and Guiana, and feeds on infects. It is found 



both in thickets and favannas, and is fo very tame and foolifh, as 



to fuflfer any one to approach it near enough to knock it on the 



head ; whence the name of Loggerhead. 



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