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11. Sitta longirostra, or long-billed nuthatch.—Blueish, 
beneath, pale rufous; primary quill -feathers tipped with 
brown; the lores are black. This species is described by 
Dr. Latham, and is said to measure nine inches; the bill is 
above an inch long, and black, but the base is pale or 
whitish ; the crown of the head and whole upper parts of 
the bird are of a pale blueish-grey, but the cheeks and fore¬ 
head are white, and a black streak passes through each eye, 
along the sides of the neck; the wings are tipped with 
brown, and the under parts of the bird are pale tawny; the 
legs are of a pale brown.—It inhabits Batavia. 
12. Sitta chloris, or green nuthatch.—Above green, be¬ 
neath white; the tail is black, tipped with yellowish; the 
bill is longer than the head, and blackish towards the tip : 
quill-feathers brown, outer edge greenish, yellowish in the 
middle, forming a yellowish band on the wings ; the rump 
is yellowish, and the tail short.—It is a native of the Cape of 
of Good Hope, and is -of the size of the Surinam nut¬ 
hatch. 
SITTARD, an inland town of the Netherlands, in the 
province of Limburg, on the small river Gheete. Popula¬ 
tion 3300; 12 miles north-north-east of Maestricht. 
SITTER, s. One that sits.—The Turks are great sitters, 
and seldom walk; whereby they sweat less, and need bath¬ 
ing more. Bacon.— One that watches, or goes not to bed. 
—Not a-bed ladies ? you’re good sitters up. Beaum. and 
Ft. —A bird that broods.—The oldest hens are reckoned the 
best sitters ; and the youngest the best layers. Mortimer. 
SETTING, s. The posture of sitting on a seat. The act 
of resting on a seat.—Thou knowest my down-sitting and 
mine up-rising. Psalms.—A time at which one exhibits 
himself to a painter.—-Few good pictures have been finished 
at one sitting ; neither can a good play be produced at a 
heat. Dry den. —A meeting of an assembly. 
I’ll write you down; 
The which shall point you forth at every sitting. 
What you must say. Shakspeare. 
I wish it may be at that sitting concluded, unless the ne¬ 
cessity of the time press it. Bacon. —A course of study 
.unintermitted.—For the understanding of any one of St. 
Paul’s epistles, I read it through at one sitting. Locke.- —A 
time for which one sits, as at play, or work, or a visit. 
What more than madness reigns. 
When one short sitting many hundreds drains, 
And not enough is left him to supply 
Board-wages, or a footman’s livery. Dry den. 
Incubation.—Whilst the hen is covering her eggs, the 
male bird takes his stand upon a neighbouring bough, and 
amuses her with his songs, during the whole time of her sit¬ 
ting. Addison. 
SLTTINGBOURNE, a market town of England, in the 
county of Kent, and a great thoroughfare on the road from 
London to Dover. It consists chiefly of one wide street, 
running along the high road, which here descends towards 
the east. It depends chiefly for its support on the resort of 
travellers. The inns are numerous, and some of them equal 
in elegance to any provincial inns in the kingdom. The 
church is a spacious building, consisting of a nave, two 
aisles, a chancel, two chapels, and a tower rising at the west 
end. With the exception of the tower, the whole has been 
rebuilt since the year 1762, when it was destroyed by fire. 
Sittiagbourne is a place of considerable antiquity. King 
Henry V. on his return from France, was magnificently en¬ 
tertained here at the Red Lion Inn, by a gentleman of the 
name of Northwood. Queen Elizabeth incorporated the 
town by charter; conferred on it the privileges of a weekly 
market and fairs, and invested the corporation with the right 
of sending members to parliament. These privileges, how¬ 
ever, seem never to have been exercised, except that of the 
fairs, which are still kept annually. The parish is of small 
extent, and contained in 1811, 239 houses, and 1362 
inhabitants; 11 miles south-east of Rochester, and 40 east- 
by-south of London. 
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SITTIVICA, a town of the island of Ceylon, noted for 
being the chief place of intercourse between Candy and 
Columbo. It is situated on a branch of the Malivaddy 
river, and formerly possessed a fort, which is now in ruins. 
Lat. 7. 2. N. long. 80. 13. E. 
SITUATE, part. adj. [from situs, Lat.] Placed with 
respect to any thing else.—He was resolved to chuse a war, 
rather than to have Bretagne carried by France, being so 
great and opulent a duchy, and situate so opportunely to 
annoy England. Bacon. 
Within a trading town they long abide, 
Full fairly situate on a haven’s side. Dryden. 
The eye is a part so artificially composed, and commo* 
diously situate, as nothing can be contrived better for use, 
ornament, or security. Ray. —Placed ; consisting. 
Earth hath this variety from heaven, 
Of pleasure situate in hill or dale. Milton. 
SITUATION, s. [ situation, Fr.] Local respect; posi¬ 
tion.—Prince Cesarini has a palace in a pleasant situation, 
and set off with many beautiful walks. Addison. —Condi¬ 
tion ; state.—Though this is a situation of the greatest ease 
and tranquillity in human life, yet this is by no means fit to 
be the subject of all men’s petitions to God. Rogers .— 
Temporary state; circumstances. Used of persons in a 
dramatic scene. 
SITZENDORF, a small town of Austria; 33 miles north- 
north-west of Vienna. Population 1400. 
SITZIKAMMA, a district in the eastern part of the 
territory of the Cape of Good Hope, between Plettenburg 
bay and Camtoos river. It consists chiefly of impenetrable 
forests, abounding with the elephant, the buffalo, and the 
rhinoceros. 
SIVA, in Hindoo Mythology, is a personification of one 
of the three great powers of the deity. Siva is usually deemed 
the third person in the Hindoo triad, and represents the 
destructive energy. 
SIVANO SAMUDRA, a remarkable island, situated in 
the river Cavery, in the province of Coimbetoor, in the 
south of India. It is nine miles in length, and contains an 
extraordinary cataract, 150 feet perpendicular. This island 
was formerly connected to the opposite shore, by a hand¬ 
some stone bridge, which is now in ruins. There are also 
the remains of many Hindoo temples, and much sculpture 
of various sorts: in one apartment, there is an image of 
Vishnu, seven feet high, executed in the best style of 
Indian carving. The island is in general rocky, and but 
little cultivated. 
S1VAS or Siwas, a considerable city of Asia Minor, 
capital of a pachalic which comprehends the whole eastern 
part of that territory. It still retains the name of Roum, 
or Rumiyah, which formerly applied to the whole Turkish 
empire. Its general character is that of a mountainous and 
wooded country, interspersed with fine valleys; and it 
contains the important cities of Amasia, Tocat, and Trebi- 
sond. The town is situated on the great river Kizil Irrnak, 
not far from its source, and on the northern side of a plain 
watered by iff It is dirty and ill built, and the strong castle 
by which it was formerly defended is now in ruins. The 
inhabitants are described as a coarse and rude people; but 
travellers vary so much as to their number, that we cannot 
form any certain conclusion. Not far from the town is a 
celebrated Armenian monastery. A great number of horses 
are bred in the neighbourhood. This place was originally 
called Cabira, afterwards Sebaste, in honour of Augustus. 
It is celebrated as being the theatre of the great contest be¬ 
tween Bajazet and Timur, in which the former was finally 
defeated and taken prisoner. Lat. 38. 55. N. long. 37. E. 
SIVINSK, a village of the east of European Russia, in 
the inland province of Pensa, with iron works on a large 
scale. 
SIVITA, a small island belonging to Turkey in Europe, 
situated in the Ionian sea, on the coast of Epirus. 
SIVRY, a small inland town of the Netherlands, province 
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