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12— CAPE NUTHATCH. 



Sittacaffra, Ind. Orn.'i. 264. Gm. Lin. i. 442. Mus. Carls. Fasc. i. t. 4. 

 Cape Nuthatch, Gen. Syn. Sup. 118. Shaic's Zool. viii. 117. 



LENGTH nine inches. Bill three quarters of an inch, strait, 

 bluish black ; the forehead, hind part of the neck, and back, brown 

 and yellow mixed ; sides of the head, neck, breast, and under parts 

 dusky yellow ; tips and margins of the quills the same ; tail feathers 

 ten in number, above dusky black, beneath olive, with dusky yellow 

 tips ; the two middle ones longer than the others ; legs black. 

 Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. 



13— LONG-BILLED NUTHATCH. 



Sitta longirostra, Ind. Orn. i. 264. 



Long-billed Nuthatch, Gen. Syn. Sup. 118. Shaw's Zool. viii. 118. 



LENGTH eight inches. Bill beyond an inch in length, and 

 black, the base pale, almost white ; from the mouth to the eye a 

 black line, passing through the eye, growing broader behind it, and 

 leading down the sides of the neck, which, with the cheeks and 

 forehead, are white; crown, and the whole of the upper parts, and 

 wings, light blue grey ; tips of the prime quills brown ; belly pale 

 tawny, or dirty buff-colour ; legs pale brown ; claws large. 



Inhabits Batavia. — From the drawings of Lady Impey. In one 

 specimen the cheeks and forehead were dirty buff-colour. 



14— INDIAN NUTHATCH. 



LENGTH from four to five inches. Bill pale, with a dusky tip ; 

 upper parts of the body, wings, and tail, fine blue-grey ; from the 



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