Clafs IL NUTHATCH. 185 



are fhort ; and the toes difpofedtwo backwards and two 

 forwards like the woodpecker, though it is never ob- 

 ferved to run up the fides of trees. The female dif- 

 fers in fome refpefls. The neck before and behind is 

 of a brownifhred: the tail barred with the fame color 

 and black, and fpotted on each fide the Ihaft with 

 ■white. The young birds are brown mixed with fer- 

 ruginous and black, and in that ftate have been de- 

 fcribed by fome authors as old ones. 



Genus VIII. The NUTHATCH. 



I. The NUTHATCH, 



Le grand Grimpereau, le Tor- Le Torchepot, Sitta. BriJJhn a-v* 



chepot, Belon a<v. 304 iii. 51^8. tab, 29. fig. 3. 



Picus cinereus, feu Sitta. Gefner Picchio grigio, Raparino. Z/^i7«, 



a'v. 711. 74. 



Ziolo. Aldr. m}. i. 417. Notwacka, Notpacka. Fau?:, 



The Nuthatch, or Nut-jobber. Suec.fp. 104. 



Wil. orn. 142. Danijh Spoett-meire. tJor^^j. Nat- 



Rati fyn. a<v. 47. Bake. Br. 42. 



The Woodcracker. Blott's hijl. Klener, Nuflzhacker. Kram^ 



Oxf. 175. 362. 



Sitta Europasa. Lin.fyfi. 177. Br. ZcoL 81. plate H. 



HE nuthatch weighs near an ounce; Irs j^^r.j.^ 

 length is five inches three-quarters ; breadth 

 nine inches \ the bill is ftrong and ftrait, about three 

 quarters of an inch long ; the upper mandible blacky 

 the lower white : the irides hazel j the crown of the 

 head, back, and coverts of the wings are of a fine 

 bluiih grey : a black ftroke pafTes over the eye from 

 the mouth : the cheeks and chin are white : the breaft 



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