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The length of this bird, according to Edwards's 

 plate, which represents it of the natural size, is 

 about six inches. It is a native of Surinam. 



JAMAICA NUTHATCH. 



Sitta Jamaicensis. S. cinerea snbtwi nfba, vertice nigro, redricibns 

 lateralibus m'grkantibus, apice lineis transversis albis notatis. 

 Lath. ind. orn. 



Cinereous Nulhatcli white beneath, with black crown, and blackish 

 lateral tail-feathers marked at the tip with transverse white 

 lines. 



Sitta Jamaicensis. S. pileo nigra, Lin. Syst. Nat. 



Loggerhead. Broun Jam. p. 475. Sloan Jam, p. 300.pl, 25g.f. 1. 



Jamaica Nuthatch. Lath.syn. 



Described by Sir Hans Sloane in his Natural 

 History of Jamaica: size of the Common Nut- 

 hatch: length five inches and a half: bill near an 

 inch long, and black: head large, with black crown: 

 upper parts of the body cinereous; under parts 

 white: quill-feathers blackish, with grey edges: 

 tail blackish, with all the feathers, except the two 

 middle ones, crossed towards the ends by trans- 

 verse white lines. Native of Jamaica and South 

 America, feeding on Insects, and having the cha- 

 racter of a stupid bird, easily suffering itself to be 

 taken. From the size of its head it is known in 

 Jamaica by the title of Loggerhead. 



