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LONG-BTLLED NUTHATCH. 



Sitta longirostra. S, cueruJescens, suhtus paUide rufescens^ remigibus 

 primoribus apice fmcisy h>rls nigris. Lath, ind. orn. 



Blueish Nuthatcli, pale rufescent beneath, with black lores, and 

 larger (|uill-feathers tipped with brown. 



Long- billed Nuthatch. Lath. syn. suppl. 



This is a species described by Dr. Latham from 

 a drawing, and is said to measure nine inches: the 

 bill is above an inch long, and black; but the base 

 pale or whitish : the crown of the head and whole 

 upper pai ts of the bird are pale blue-grey, but the 

 cheeks and forehead are white, and a black streak 

 passes through each eye along the sides of the 

 neck: the wings are tipped with brown, and the 

 Uiider parts of the birJ are pale tawny: the legs 

 pale brown. Inhabits Batavia. 



CHINKSE NUTHATCH. 



Sitta cristnta ferrvginea, capite colloque nigris, pectore abdomineque 



alhisy macula postoculai i nigra alteraque nivca. 

 Crested feriugiiious Nuthatch, with black head and neck, white 



breast and abdomen, a red spot behind the eye, and another 



white one. 

 Chinese Nuthatch. Lath. syn. 

 Lanius jocosus. ^. Lath. ind. orn. 



Described by Dr. Latham: size somewhat su- 

 perior to that of a Goldfinch : bill and head black : 



