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EUROPEAN NUTHATCH. 



Sitta Europea. S. plumbea, suhtus subferruginea, fascia transoculari 

 nigra, rectricibus lateralibus nigrU prope apicem albidis. 



Lead-coloured Nuthatch, subferruginous beneath, with a black 

 streak across the eyes, and black lateral tail-feathers whitish 

 near the tip. 



Sitla Europa. S. rectricibus nigris, lateralibus quatuor infra apicem 



albis. Lin. Si/st. Nat, 

 The Nuthatch or Nutjobber. fVilL orn. 

 The Nuthatch. Penn. Brit. Zuol. 



La Sittelle ou Torchepot. ' Buff, ois, PL Enl 623. f 1. 



This bird is very correctly described by Mr. 

 Pennant in the British Zoology. " The Nuthatch 

 weighs near an ounce: its length is near five 

 inches three quarters; breadth nine inches: the 

 bill is strong and strait, about three quarters of an 

 inch long; the upper mandible black, the lower 

 white: the irides hazel; the crown of the head, 

 back, and coverts of the wings are of a fine blueish 

 grey: a black stroke passes over the eye from the 

 mouth: the cheeks and chin are white: the breast 

 and belly are of a dull orange-colour; the quill- 

 feathers dusky: the wings underneath are marked 

 with two spots, one white, at the root of the esl- 

 terior quills, the other black, at the joint of the 

 bastard wing: the tail consists of twelve feathers; 

 the two middle are grey; the two exteHor feathers 

 tipped with grey ; then succeeds a transverse white 

 spot; beneath that the rest is black : the legs are 



