The »4 hiU:-bn ■ ■: •«* '■ >% -■ ,v*s 
!' '•*. i ■. ,, - ■ 'i, ’ii'.i-'oms, felted 
wf'h o.v, • \ . iw.-'i i feathers. Both 
■ . > ' ' -iii'! •’;!* i uat Together for 
a • r-.'i •• • - i .ards. The birds 
i i : ^ ■ vi- ’ :v>. ■■ - a j.oroached. and are 
■ -iv- 4 o . a a, . tnconspicuous home. 
■ To ’a f ,i 7 * Mem caught at her task 
i:' genus, even P. m. 
■ - • ii-e • . • ea a ■ ii'iling in March or early 
> ■ -1 again in late May, June, 
"i nithorn climate may be 
'• i • e ■ of breaking a bole through 
- 1 boor, as :-oon as their babies 
■ ■■ ventilation, only is assured 
i • ■'■■■• e :;d come by the established 
e. ••ns whether these birds 
The Nuthatches 
Red-breasted (upper), Pygmy (left), Slender-billed (right) 
From a •water-color by Allan Brooks 
■rn—--■ i i:-r ; .... . ■.j : ,cpei boundary of back 
■ ■•npcTparts ashy blue (clear 
nuit- Conn:-, the second and 
’ ■ . •« b v- '• he outer web in retreat - 
■ ■ :ib ;.‘*.--gra> m whitish; ta.il- 
. : ;■ bed with white in 
■ .- -a up t:i.-itiding e\0, and under- 
" . v • . ... c,-d i .-..'..-In c more or less, on 
' -• the under mandible slightly 
■ • - ' ' -I •aandibltn iVet dark brown; 
• • •• ’ ’ '•*. ; 0! '■ - ad and back more or less 
• i A : ?U: >17 ; tail 46 ( 1 . 81 ); 
H. .og-oo.o' *■-, >-i • • •■•coping habits; black 
