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CERTHIADJE. 



Sp. 1. Up. epops. Shaxu, v. viii. p. 135,^/. 17. — Britain and the 

 South of Europe. 



Sp. 2. Up. minor. Shauoj v. viii. p. 139. — Southern Africa. 



Sp. 3. Up. Capensis. 



Upupa Madagascariensis. Shaw, v. viii. p. 140. — The Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



GENUS CCXXXVII— SITTA, Linne. NUTHATCH. 



Rostrum glabrum aut basi 

 plumulis antrorsum direc- 

 tis obtectum, rectum, tere- 

 tiusculum aut compres- 

 sum, apice conico; man- 

 dibula superior paulo 

 longior. 



Digiti exteriores insequales. 



Beak glabrous or clothed at 

 its base with feathers point- 

 ing forwards, straight, 

 rounded or compressed, its 

 tip conic : the upper man- 

 dible rather the longest. 



Exterior toes unequal. 



Sp. 1. Si. Europaea. Shauo, v. viii. p. 108. pi. 13. — Britain and 

 Europe. 



Sp. 2. Si. Carolinensis. Shaw, v. viii. ^. 112. Wils. Amer. 

 Orn. i. pi. 2. f. 4. — The temperate parts of North America. 



Sp. 3. Canadensis. Shaw, v. viii. p. 116. — Canada. 



Sp. 4. Si? fusca. F"teil. Analy.p. 45 {K.) 



Si. supra alis caudaque fusca, cervicis fascia guttureque albidis, 

 abdomine albo-rufescente, rostro pedibusque flams. 



Nuthatch above and with the wings and tail brown ; a band on 

 the cervix and the throat whitish ; the abdomen reddish- 

 white J the beak and legs yellow. 



Inhabits Brazil. 



Sp. 5. Si. frontalis. Linn. Trans. {Horsf.) v. xiii.p. 162. Swain. 



ZooL Illust. v. i. pi. 2. 

 Si. supra cceria saturata, subtus testaceo-vinacea, fronte super- 



ciliusque atris, remigibus nigris. 



