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and reaching to the wing ; the rest of the parts above, wings, and 

 tail blue-grey; the two middle feathers of the last as the back, the 

 others have the inner webs black, and a white spot near the tip ; 

 chin and throat white ; the rest of the parts beneath deep ferruginous 

 brown ; legs lead-colour. 



Inhabits India ; met with at Cawnpore, in August. The three 

 last described seem to be alike in many particulars. 



17— RUSTY NUTHATCH. 



LENGTH four inches and a half. The bill dusky, the upper 

 mandible strait above, inclining upwards at the under part ; lower 

 mandible strait for half the length, then inclining upwards to 

 accommodate with the superior, base of the under pale ; the general 

 colour of the plumage deep rust, marked with pale, short stripes on 

 the crown ; over the eye a pale streak, and on each side of the under 

 jaw another of white; sides of the head ash-colour; beneath dusky 

 white; breast and under parts of the body pale dull ferruginous 

 brown, striated with dusky white ; chin and throat the same, but 

 paler ; tail rounded, one inch and a half long, ferruginous ; the two 

 outer and two middle feathers plain, the others dusky on the inner 

 web ; the first quill shorter by a quarter of an inch than the second, 

 which is the longest of all, and the wings reach to the middle of 

 the tail ; legs bluish black ; claws stout, hooked. 



Inhabits the Isle of Trinidad. — In the collection of Lord Stanlev. 



18— SHARP-TAILED NUTHATCH. 



LENGTH five inches. Bill dusky ; the upper mandible strait, 



the under curving upwards; plumage above dull cinnamon-colour; 



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