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oe EIGHS 13 Penny weight 5 graines. 
Wf-4/,, The Bill andupper part of the Head 
¥ig| and Neck black, the Back gray: 
SZ Vein Si) With light gray ; the uppermoft two 
~~ Heathers of the Tail are gray; the 
: | white. At the vent is a reddifh Spot, 
_ the Legs and Feet are brown. The back clawis re- 
markably bigger and longer: than the reft, which 
feems neceflary to fupport their body in creeping 
_down as well as up Trees, in which attion they are 
ufually feen pecking their food (which are Infects) - 
_ fromthe chinks or crevifes of the Bark. 
The en differs but little from the Cock. in the 
colour of her feathers. They breed and continue 
the whole year in Carolina. 
SITTA CAPITE FUSCO. 
‘The finall Nuthatch. | 


, HIS weighs fix Penny weight; the Bill 
# _ black; the upper partof the Head brown; 
@. behind which isa dusky white {pot ; the 
Back is gray; as are the two uppermoft tail fea- 
thers; the reft being black; the Wingsare dark 
- brown; the throat and all the under part of the 
Body dusky white ; the tail is fhort; the back Toe 
is largeft. They abideall the Yearin Caro/ima. Their 
Food, and Manner of taking it, is the fame as that 
of the larger Nuthatch. | 
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The Wings of a dark brown, edg’d f 
-reftent toute f année. 
pee 
SITTA CAPITE NIGRO.. 
Piverd petit ala tete noire. 
S| ET O:feau péfe quatre dragmes 
Ve] vént cing grains. Son bec, le deffus 
“wert! de fa téte &% fon cod font noirs; fon 
IW| dos eff gris; fes.ailes font dun brun 
IZ) obfcur,bordées de gris clair; les deux 
Zie\ plumes du milieu de fa queue font 
grifes ; tout le refte eft noir 8&8 blanc. IL a vers Fae 
nus unc tache rougedtre. Ses jambes &F fes piés fout 
bruns. It a Pergot dederriere beaucoup plus gros 
plus long que les autres, ce qui paroit necefjaire a foue 
tenir fon corps auffi bien en defcendant qu’en mon- 
tant fur les arbres. On le voit continuellement fai- 
fant Pun ou Pautre: car il fenourrit d’Infeces qwil 
tire dentre ces fentes®S les crevaffes de Pécorce 
des arbres. | 
La Femelle eft prefque femblable au Male en fon 
plumage. Ils font leurs Petits a la Caroline, & y 

4 
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_ Pivert petit ala tete brune, 
noir; le deffus de fatéte ef brun; ila au 
derriere dela téte une tache dun blanc fale; 
fon dos &§ les deux plumes du milieu de fa queué 
font gris, les autres plumes font notires; fes ailes 
font Pun brun.obfcur ; fa gorge &9 tout le deffous de 
fon corps font dun blanc fale; fa queué eft courte; i 
alergot de derriere plus grand &§ plus gros que les’ 
autres ; il refte toute Lannée alaCarolime ; il fe 
nourrit de la mime manitre que le Pivert decvit 
e 
CO -ET: Mean pefe deux dragmes. Son bec eft 
-ey-defjus. 
Quercus humilioxfalicis folio breviore. 
The HicgHLanp Wixtow Oak. 
aes is ufually afmall Tree, having a dark coloured Bark 
with Leaves of a pale green, and fhaped like thofe of a Wil- 
low. It grows on dry poor land, producing but few Acorns, and 
thofe fmall. Moft of thefe Oaks ée growing at Mr. Pazrchild’s, 
Chéne aux feuilles de Saule. 
CF T arbre eft ordinairement petit. Sonécorce eft d'une couleur 
4 ‘obfcure, & fes feuilles dun verd pale de la méme figure que 
celles de Saule. I croit dans unterraur fec 8 maigre; i ne produit 
que peu. de ‘gland, & encore eft-il fort petit. La plufpart de ces 
Chénes font dans les Fardins de Mr, Fairchild, os | 

