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SITTA EUROPiEA. 
NUTHATCH. 
Cinereous,beneath reddish; tail-feathers 
black, the four lateral ones beneath tipped 
with white. 
Picus Cinereous, Aldrovandi. 
Sitta Europeea, Lin, Gme. 
La Sittelle, ou Torehepot, Buffon. 
Nuthatch, Pen. Lath. Mont. Bewick. 
provincial. 
NUTJOBBER, WO^ >DCRACKER, MAY 
WOODPECKER, BLUE WOODPECKER, 
MASON WOODPECKER, CREEPER, 
WAGTAIL, NUTCRACKER. 
This species measures nearly six inches 
in length, and about nine inches in the 
expansion of its wings. 
The female is of a much lighter colour 
about the sides and thighs than the male, 
but its general appearance is mnch the 
same. It commonly contents itself with 
the deserted habitation of the woodpecker, 
