CAROLINA NUTHATCH. 
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two middle feathers the longest, the others on each 
'** shortening', by one sixth of an inch, to the outer 
ill r’ ****’ consists of nineteen feathers, the first an 
1 long, the fourth and fifth tlie longest, of a deep 
'*'vnish black, and crossed about its middle with a 
Ir hand of rufous white, a rjuartcr of an inch in 
Jlf'lth, marking ten of the quills; below this the 
tj Us are exteriorly edged, to within a little of their 
J’*i with rufous white, and tipt with white ; the three 
) “**ndaries next the body are dusky white on their 
taf*’ *‘l’^' ““ ’*'* exterior margin with white, 
III •) above that, alternately streaked laterally with 
and dull white; the greater anil lesser wiug- 
are exteriorly tipt with white ; the upper part 
p Ule exterior edges of the former, rufous white ; the 
ll?'* over the eyis^and whole lower parts, are white, a 
*0 brownish towards the vent, but, on the ehiu and 
i„ '*01, pure, silky, and glistening; the white curves 
ubout tl»e middle of the neck ; the bill is half 
,) 'Och long, slender, compressed sidewise, bending 
k."'0wards, tapering to a point, dusky above, and white 
the nostrils are oblong, half covered with a 
membrane, and without hairs or small feathers; 
'iisidc of the mouth is reddish ; the tongue tapering 
i^Uiially to a point, and horny towards the tip ; the 
2? is dark hazel; the legs and feet, a dirty clay 
a "Or; the toes, placed three before and one behind, 
*'ro outer ones connected with the middle one to 
Se .Utat joint ; the claws rather paler, large, almost 
-I'Oicircuiar, and extremely sharp pointed; the hind 
0" the largest. 
GENUS XX'Vll. — SITTA, Lissaius. 
147 . SITTA CAfiOLIIfMNSIS, BllISS. LINN. AND WII.S. 
"'niTF.-EREASTBD BLACK-CAVT NUTHATCH, OB CAUOLINA 
NUTHATCH. 
■IVII.80N, PLATE 11. PIG. III. 
S.U'oe bill of this bird is black, the upper mandible 
the lon er one rounded upwards, towards the 
