BRITISH BIRDS. 
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THE NUTHATCH. 
NUTJQBBER, WOQDCRACKER. 
[Silt a Euvopea % Lin — -La Sittelle on le Torchepot , Buff.) 
Its length is nearly fix inches : The bill firong 5 
black above, beneath almoft white ; the eyes ha- 
zel ; a black ftroke paffes over each eye, from 
the bill extending down the fide of the neck as 
far as the Ihoulder ; all the upper part of the bo- 
dy is of a fine blue grey colour ; the cheeks and 
chin are white $ break and belly of a pale orange 
colour ; fides marked with ftreaks of cheftnut ; 
quills dulky ; its tail is fhort, the two middle fea- 
thers are grey, the reft dulky, three of the outer- 
