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NUTHATCH. 



Class II. 



GENUS XI. NUTHATCH. 



Bill straight, the upper mandible a little 

 longer than the lower, and angular at the 

 point. # 



Tongue short, horny at the end, and jagged. 



Toes divided to the base. 



1. Euro- 

 pean. 



Sitta Europaea. S. cinerea sub- 

 tus rufescens, rectricibus ni- 

 gris lateralibus quatuor infra 

 apicem albis. Lath. Ind. 

 orn. 26l. id. Syn. ii. 648. 

 id. Sup. i. 117. 



Le Grand Grimpereau, le Tor- 

 chepot. Belon av. 304. 



Picus cinereus, seu Sitta. Ges- 

 ner av. 711. 



Ziolo. Aldr. av. i. 417. 



The Nuthatch, or Nut-jobber. 

 Wil. orn. 142. 



Rati syn. av. 47- 



The Woodcracker. Plotfs 

 hist. Ox. 175. 



Sitta Europaea. Gm. Lin. 440. 



Le Torchepot, Sitta. Brisson 



av. iii. 588. Tab. 29. Jig. 3. 



Hist. dois. v. 460. PL Enl. 



623. 1. 

 Picchio grigio, Raparino, ZU 



nan. 74. 

 Notwacka, Notpacka. Faun. 



Suec. sp. 104. 

 Danish Spoett-meise. Norv. 



Nat-Bake. Br. 42. 

 Klener, Nusszhacker. Kram. 



362. 

 Blau-specht Frisch, i. 3Q- 

 Barless. Scopoli, No. 57. 

 Br. Zool. 81. plate H. Arct. 



Zool. 1. 330. 



Descrip- _I_HE nuthatch weighs nearly an ounce; its 

 length is about five inches three-quarters; its 

 breadth nine inches. The bill is strong and 



