NUTHATCH. 7J 



black to the ears ; below this the black curves downwards on each 

 side ; all the upper parts of the body are slaty grey ; cheeks under 

 the eyes white ; quills plain dusky; under parts from the chin tawny, 

 deepest at the vent ; the chin nearly white ; tail one inch and a half 

 long, somewhat rounded ; the two middle feathers like the back, the 

 others black ; the three outer ones wholly so for three-fourths of the 

 length, then white, and finally ending in ash-colour, the two inter- 

 mediate entirely black; the wings reach nearly to the end of it; 

 legs pale, or yellowish. 



Inhabits Georgia. The description taken from a specimen sent 

 from thence by Mr. Abbot. It appears to be a new Species. 



9— SPOTTED NUTHATCH. 



Sitta naevia, Ind. Orn. i. 263. Gm. Lin. i. 442. 



La Sittelle grivelee, Btif. v. 476. 



Fourmilier, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. lviii. 



Wall-creeper of Surinam, Edw. 346. 



Spotted Nuthatch, Gen. Syn. ii. 634. Shaio's Zool. viii. 114. 



LENGTH six inches. Bill one inch, dusky brown, compressed 

 sideways and curved at the tip ; head and upper parts dark bluish 

 lead-colour; all the wing coverts tipped with white; the inner ones 

 dusky, edged with white, throat white ; breast and all beneath 

 bluish ash-colour; paler than above, marked with white down the 

 middle of each feather, ending in points; legs dusky brown. 



Inhabits Surinam. 



10. -PLUMBEOUS NUTHATCH. 



BILL black, and a trifle curved at the point ; general colour of 

 the plumage on the head and upper parts that of lead, not very dark; 



