. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual. Birds; Birds. WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH. SiTTA CAROLINENSIS. Char. Above, bluish ash; top of head and neck black; wings black, blue, and white; tail black, marked with white; beneath, white; under tail-coverts reddish brown. Bill long and acute. Female and young similar, but black of head tinged with ashy or wanting. Length 5|^ inches. Nest. In open woodland, placed at the bottom of a cavity excavated in a dead tree or stump, â sometimes an old woodpecker's nest is used; made of leaves, grass, fea
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual. Birds; Birds. WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH. SiTTA CAROLINENSIS. Char. Above, bluish ash; top of head and neck black; wings black, blue, and white; tail black, marked with white; beneath, white; under tail-coverts reddish brown. Bill long and acute. Female and young similar, but black of head tinged with ashy or wanting. Length 5|^ inches. Nest. In open woodland, placed at the bottom of a cavity excavated in a dead tree or stump, â sometimes an old woodpecker's nest is used; made of leaves, grass, feathers, and hair. â Eggs. 4-8 (occasionally as many as lo, usually 5); white tinged with rose pink, and spotted with reddish brown and lilac ; X This species, so nearly allied to the European Nuthatch, re- sides permanently throughout North America, from Hudson Bay and Oregon to the tableland of Mexico, appearing only more common and familiar at the approach of winter in con- sequence of the failure of its food in its favorite sylvan re- treats, which it now often forsakes for the open fields, orchards, or gardens, where, in pairs or small and sometimes contending. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston, Little, Brown
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