CAPE NUTHATCH. 11? 



dered by Mr. Pennant as a mere variety of the 

 European Nuthatch, but both Linnaeus and Dr. 

 Latham suppose it a distinct species. 



CAPE NUTHATCH. 



Sitta CafFra. S. supra Jiavo nigroque varia^ subtus Jlava, pedibus 



nigris. Lath. hid. orn. 

 Nuthatch varied above with black and yellow, beneath yellow, 



with black lesfs. 

 Sitta Caffra. Mus. Carls, fasc. 1. t. 4. 

 Cape Nuthatch. Lath. syn. 



This is described by Sparmann in his Museum 

 Carlsonianum, and is said to be nine inches in 

 length, with a strait blueish-black bill: the front, 

 hind part of the neck, and back mixed brown and 

 yellow: cheeks, neck, breast, and under parts dusky 

 yellow, as are also the edges and tips of the wing- 

 feathers: the tail dusky black, beneath olive: the 

 two middle feathers longer than the rest: legs 

 black. Native of the CapQ of Good Hope. 



