lis 



SMALL NUTHATCH, 



Sitta piisilla. S, cinereay suhtus sordide alba, capite fusco, macvla 

 occipitis sordide alba, rectricibus lateralibus nigris. Lath, ind, 

 orn. 



Cinereous Nuthatch, dull white beneath, with brown head, dull- 

 white occipital spot, and black lateral tail-feathers. 

 Small Nuthatch. Catesh. Carol. I. pi. 22, 

 Least Nuthatch. Lath, syn. 



Much smaller than the European Nuthatch, mea- 

 suring only about three inches and a half: head 

 brown, with a white spot at the hind part; back 

 grey: wings deep brown: under parts of the body 

 dull white: two middle tail-feathers grey, the rest 

 black: bill black: legs grey. Inhabits North Ame- 

 rica, and is said to be found in Carolina throughout 

 the whole year. 



GREAT NUTHATCH. 



Sitta Major. S, grisea, subtus albescens, gula alba, remigibus rec- 

 tricibvsquefuscis, tnargine fukis. Lath. ind. orn. 



Grey Nuthatch, whitish beneath, with white throat, and brown 

 quill and tail-feathers with fulvous edges. 



Another sort of Loggerhead. Sloan Jam. p. 301. 



Great Nuthatch. Lath, syn. 



Described by Sir Hans Sloane in his History of 

 Jamaica; length seven inches and a half: bill 

 V. vm. p. I. ^ 



