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NUTHATCH. 



GENUS XXX— NUTHATCH. 



1 European 



7 Jamaica 



16 Ferruginous-bellied 



A Lesser 



8 Black-capped 



17 Rusty 



2 Black-headed 



9 Spotted 



18 Sharp-tailed 



A Var. 



10 Plumbeous 



19 Green 



3 Shoulder-Knot 



11 Surinam 



20 Orange-winged 



4 Least 



12 Cape 



A Var. 



A Var. 



13 Long-billed 



21 Senegal 



5 Canada 



14 Indian 



22 New-Holland 



6 Great 



15 Frontal 





-I HE bill of this Genus is generally strait, or very little bending; 

 on the lower mandible a small angle. 



Nostrils small, more or less covered with reflected bristles. 



Tongue short, horny at the end, and jagged. 



Toes placed three forwards and one backwards, the middle one 

 joined to the outer at the base ; back toe as large as that of the 

 middle, with a claw in proportion. 



The general manners of the whole of the Genus are supposed to 

 correspond with those related under the first described, which is the 

 only one found in this kingdom, 



1 — EUROPEAN NUTHATCH. 



Sitta Europeea, Ind. Orn. i. 261. Lin.i. 177. Faun. Suec. No. 104. Gm. Lin. i. 440. 



Scop. Ann. No. 57. Kram. 362. Midler, No. 102. Brun. No. 42. Frisch. t. 39. 



Raii 47. A. 4. Will. 98. t. 23. Gerin. ii. 54. t. 193. Bris. iii. 588. t. 29. Id. 



Svo. i. 474. Borowsk ii. 139. t. 18. Gesner Av. pi. p. 643. Schoef. El. t- 62. 



Tern. Man. d'Orn. p. 250. Id. Ed. ii. p. 405. 

 Parus facie Pici, Klein, 87. 15. Id. Stem. 16. t. 17. f. 6. a. b. Id. Ov. t. 4. f. 6. 

 La Sittelle, ou Torchepot, Buf. v. 460. pi. 20. PI. enl. 623. 1. 

 Blau Specht, Gunth. Nest. u. Ey. t. 64. Naturf. ix. s. 56. Id. xxv. 18. 

 Klauber, Wirs. Vog. t. 7. 



