. An illustrated manual of British birds . eir larvae, small seeds, and note is a ptur, re, re, re, ree (Seebohm). The bird is very livelyin its habits, flitting rapidly from one pine to another, and it mayoften be seen during winter in company with Creepers, Golden-crested Wrens and Tits. In the adult male the feathers of the head are dull black, broadlytipped with greyish-white, and prolonged so as to form a conspicuouscrest; a black streak runs from the bill, through the eye, to theback of the head, whence it descends behind the cheeks, which aremottled black and white ; below t
. An illustrated manual of British birds . eir larvae, small seeds, and note is a ptur, re, re, re, ree (Seebohm). The bird is very livelyin its habits, flitting rapidly from one pine to another, and it mayoften be seen during winter in company with Creepers, Golden-crested Wrens and Tits. In the adult male the feathers of the head are dull black, broadlytipped with greyish-white, and prolonged so as to form a conspicuouscrest; a black streak runs from the bill, through the eye, to theback of the head, whence it descends behind the cheeks, which aremottled black and white ; below this a white band, followed byanother black crescentic line; back and wings olive-brown ; quillsand tail hair-brown ; throat and upper breast black ; abdomen dullwhite, turning to buff on the flanks ; bill black; feet and legs lead-colour. Length 4-5 in. ; wing, to the tip of the 4th and longestprimary, 2 5 in. The female has a shorter crest and less black on thethroat; and the young are like her, but with hardly any crest. los /. V^ THE NUTHATCH. SlTlA c.*;siA, Wolf. The Nuthatch is tolerably common in most of the districts in thesouth-east and centre of England which contain old timber. Inthe west it is rarer, although perhaps increasing ; as it is in Brecon-shire and some other parts of Wales, where it was formerly con-sidered a very uncommon bird. In Lancashire it is seldom seen ;in Yorkshire it is mostly restricted to the large old parks : while inthe more northern counties it seems to have decreased during thepresent century, and is now very rare. In Scotland it has beenobtained in Berwickshire and Haddingtonshire, and observed inSkye ; while the late R. (Iray records its reported occurrence onBressay, in the Shetlands. In Ireland it is as yet unknown. On the Continent the northern limit of this species appears tobe the peninsula of Jutland, where it meets its close ally with nearlywhite under parts, S. curopcea, which replaces 6*. acsia in Scandinavia,Northern R
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