Crass II. 
Strait triangular BILL. 
Pe Cf Fi AE eC EE. 
255 
IX. NUT- 
Short TONGUE, horny at the end, and jagged, HATCH. 
Le grand Grimpereau, le 
Torchepot. Belon av. 304. 
-Picus cinereus, feu Sitta. Ge/- 
ner av. 711. 
Ziolo. Aldr. av. I. 417. 
The Nuthatch, or Nut-job- 
ber. Wil. orn. 142. 
Raii fyn. av. 47. 
The Woodcracker.  Plott’s 
hiff. Ox. 175 
Sitta Europza. Lin. fy. 177. 
av. III. 588. ¢ab. 29. fig. 3. 
Picchio grigio, Raparino. Zz- 
nan. 74 
Notwacka, Notpacka. Faun. 
Suec. fp. 104. 
Danifo Speett-meile. 
Nat-Bake. Br. 42. 
Klener, Nuffzhacker. Kram. 
62. 
ie Teche! rife got 
Br. Zool. 81. plate H. 
Norv. 
Le Torchepot, Sitta. Brifon Barlefs. Scopoli, No. 57. 
HE nuthatch weighs near an ounce; its 
length is near five inches three-quarters ; 
breadth nine inches; the bill is ftrong and ftrait, 
about three quarters of an inch long; the upper 
mandible black, the lower white: the irides hazel ; 
the crown of the head, back, and coverts of the 
wings are of a fine bluifh grey: a black ftroke 
paffes over the eye from the mouth: the cheeks and 
chin are white: the breaft and belly of a dull o- 
range color; the quil feathers dufky; the wings 
underneath are marked with two {pots, one white 
at the root of the exterior quils; the other black at 
the joint of the baftard wing; the tail confifts of 
twelve feathers; the two middle are grey: the two 
S 4 exterior 
89. Nur- 
HATCH 
Descrip. 
