NUTHATCH. 



SITTA CyESIA, Wolf. 



Sitta caesia^ Wolf, Taschenb. deutsch. Vog. i. p. 128 (1810). 

 Sitta europsea, Naum. v. p. 377; Macg. iii. p. 48; Hewitson, 



i. p. 247. 

 Sitta csesia^ Yarr. ed. 4^ i. p. 473; Dresser, iii. p. 175. 



Torche-pot, French ; Spechtmeise, German ; Trepatroncos, 

 Spanish. 



This lively and most amusing little bird is well known 

 in most parts of England ; but, according to Yarrell, is 

 not found in Ireland, and uncommon in Scotland. 



In its habits of climbing and hammering with its 

 beak it resembles the Woodpeckers, but in structure is 

 much more closely allied to the Tree-Creeper and Tits. 



Our English Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch has been 

 separated by modern naturalists from the race prevalent 

 in N. Europe {SUta europaa of Linnseus), in which the 

 underparts of the body are pure white. 



