72 NUTHATCH. 



the under parts, from the middle of the belly, are white; wings 

 wholly black, each feather of the coverts tipped with white ; tail 

 black, edged with a paler colour; legs dusky black. 



The above was in the Museum of the late Sir A. Lever, but as I 

 did not notice the length of the specimen, I had only the drawing 

 to direct me, which was four inches, or very little more in length. 

 It seemed to me new, but where it inhabits not known. — I met with 

 it also among the drawings of Gen. Davies. In some of the mark- 

 ings it seems similar to the foregoing, but differs so much in size, 

 as to scarcely justify the placing it as a Variety. 



11.— SURINAM NUTHATCH.— Pl. lxii. 



Sitta Surinamensis, Lid. Orn. i. 263. Gm. Lin. i. 442. 



Avis de Corarao, Gerin. Orn. t. 401. 



Surinam Nuthatch, Gen. Syn.W. 654. pl. 28. Shaw's Zool. viii. 119. 



THIS is a beautiful species, and perhaps the least yet known ; 

 the length being no more than three inches and a half. The bill a 

 trifle bent, and dusky brown ; the under mandible paler ; the head 

 and hind part of the neck are rufous chestnut ; through the eye a 

 dusky streak ; the forehead plain as far as the middle of the crown, 

 the rest marked with longitudinal black streaks; the middle of the 

 back, when the wings are quite closed, appears white, which arises 

 from the inner webs of the scapular feathers being of that colour ; the 

 wing coverts black, tipped with white ; prime quills plain black ; 

 secondaries the same, with white margins; under parts of the body 

 dirty white, with a tinge of chestnut; belly dirty white ; tail black, 

 even, all the feathers tipped with white; legs black. 



