Sitt . a canadensis . 



Whitefield, IT.H. 



1897. and trunl;, up and dov;n, imder and above lilce a fly, inserting 

 Aug. 27. his iDill into the little crevices as he went, doubtless for a 

 dessert to his dinner. I noticed that when he circled a hori- 

 zontal branch or ran along on the under side, and then re- 

 turned to the upper side without pausing, his wings remained 

 - : closed all the tiine, but when he stopped on the under side and 



remained for a few seconds in a pendent position, then if he 

 started to run up to the upper side of the "branch, he assisted 

 his ascent by a slight moveiaent of the wings. 



After I had watched the Nuthatch's gyrations for over 

 half an hour, a 3|?as;iN^w JIav/lc flew swiftly across the road close 

 by us, and disappeared in the trees. He could not have been 

 more thai^lO or 15 feet from the busy little bird, but it made 

 no difference, the Nuthatch Xept on getting his noonday meal 

 as assiduously as ever, and when I left him, he was still hard 

 at it. 



7/alter Deane. 



