BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH. 
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''ne in the woods without ohserving or hearing the 
‘X equally in every direction, 
t|, smaller branches as well as on the body of the 
in search of its favourite food, small insects and 
larvie. It also feeds on the seeds of the pine 
''th, 
I have never met with its nest. 
(j J'is species is four inches and a quarter long, and 
teot ^"’oad; the u'hole upper part of the head and 
(j,'n from the hill to the back, and as far down as the 
light brown, or pale ferruginous, shaded with 
touches, with the exception of a spot of white 
til,"’' ’*> deepest, making a very observable line there ; 
Vi. ’'1‘in, and sides of the neck under the eyes, are 
4 the wings, dusky; the coverts and three secon- 
next the body, a slate or lead colour; which is 
’’ *iie colour of the rest of the up|)er parts ; the tail 
i^j’^arly even at the end, the two middle feathers slate 
the others black, tipped with slate, and crossed 
with a streak of white ; legs and feet, dull 
•fi^ j ’’“rp*"' mandible, black, lower, blue at the base; 
“azel. The female differs in having the brown on 
'tss rather darker, and the line through the eye 
,j,''9'iS|)icuous. 
’'s diminutive bird is little noticed in history, and 
cr’w-'. has been said of it by Europeans is not 
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to its credit. 
It is characterized as “ 
very 
(Ij^Pid bird,” which may easily be knocked down, from 
it . ’"'ies of the tree, n itb one’s cane. I confess I found 
illi."*’’y dexterous climber; and so rapid and restless 
motions as to he shot with dillicnlty. Almost all 
®mall birds seem less susi)icions of man than large 
mitivity and resth'ss diligence should 
tl|g’'’‘Jute stupidity, is rather a new doctrine. Upon 
llHj"''mle, 1 am of opinion, that a person who should 
Urn destruction of these birds, at even a 
''miTi fo*’ **11 1** knocked down with his cane, 
*'l t'lin a fair chance of starving by his profession. 
