. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. NUTHATCHES AND CREEPERS 201 uniform black with a bluish or bluish green gloss; back, shoulders, lesser wing-coverts, rump, and upper tail-coverts, uniform bluish-gray : middle, greater, and primary wing-coverts, black margined with bluish-gray (like color of back), the tips of the greater coverts, sometimes whitish forming a narrow indistinct band; inner wing-quills with inner webs black; their outer webs bluish-yniy: that of third with an elongated patch of black, rounded at til^. the tip and edge bluish-gray; secondaries, black, edged with bluish-
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. NUTHATCHES AND CREEPERS 201 uniform black with a bluish or bluish green gloss; back, shoulders, lesser wing-coverts, rump, and upper tail-coverts, uniform bluish-gray : middle, greater, and primary wing-coverts, black margined with bluish-gray (like color of back), the tips of the greater coverts, sometimes whitish forming a narrow indistinct band; inner wing-quills with inner webs black; their outer webs bluish-yniy: that of third with an elongated patch of black, rounded at til^. the tip and edge bluish-gray; secondaries, black, edged with bluish-gray; primaries blackish slate or slate color; two middle tail-feathers, plain bluish-gray, rest of tail-feathers, black crossed by a band of white; a stripe over the eyes, sides of head, sides of neck, and under parts, plain white or grayish- The Nuthatches and Chickadees one may reckon among the comparatively few " upside- down birds " he has known, and it is a curious fact that, ;h they are totally ditYerent species, thev seem to like one another's society, and frequently are found working and frolicking through the woods together. A bond of syin- white; anal region and tail-coverts, light chestnut; under wing-coverts, black; under primary coverts and basal portion of inner webs of longer primaries, white forming a conspicuous patch; iris, brown. Nest and Eggs.— Nest : Usually in a dead stump or tree from 2 to 60 feet up. sometimes in a deserted Woodpecker hole; loosely constructed of soft felted rabbits' fur, leaves, feathers, and hair. Eggs : 5 to 8. white or pinkish-white, spotted with chestnut and a few lavender specks. Distribution.— Eastern North America; north to New Brunswick and northern Ontario ; west to eastern edge of Great Plains; south to Georgia and Gulf States ( coast belt). clambers entirely around a horizontal limb. The evident ease with which it assumes the inverted position is due chiefly to its lack of dependence upon its tail-
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