. A general history of birds . Africa. 19.—GREEN NUTHATCH. Sitta Chloris, Ind 264. Mus. Carls. , Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. Nuthatch, Shaws Zool. viii. 120. THE length of this bird is about three inches. Bill longer thanthe head, strait, and dusky; head, hind part of the neck, back,and shoulders green ; throat, breast, and belly white ; quills brown,the outer margins greenish, but near the base yellowish, producinga transverse band of that colour; lesser wing coverts greenish brown;the lower, and those next the bend of the wing, white; the rumpyellow
. A general history of birds . Africa. 19.—GREEN NUTHATCH. Sitta Chloris, Ind 264. Mus. Carls. , Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. Nuthatch, Shaws Zool. viii. 120. THE length of this bird is about three inches. Bill longer thanthe head, strait, and dusky; head, hind part of the neck, back,and shoulders green ; throat, breast, and belly white ; quills brown,the outer margins greenish, but near the base yellowish, producinga transverse band of that colour; lesser wing coverts greenish brown;the lower, and those next the bend of the wing, white; the rumpyellowish ; tail short, black, all the feathers tipped with yellowishwhite; the wings reach to about half the length; legs long, dusky. Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope, particularly the Province ofAkter Brunties Hoogtens; met with there by Dr. Sparrman. ranks it with his Gobe-mouches. As to ourselves, havingnever met with a specimen, we have only to rely on Dr. Sparrmanfor the Genus in which he has placed it. ri. i i ri r ?t,/, - /( .-/ , I af/ia/c/u?. NUTHATCH. 77 20—ORANGE-WINGED NUTHATCH.—Pl. lxiii. Sitta chrysoptera, Gen. St/n. Sup. xxxii. Orange-winged Nuthatch, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 146. pl. 227. Shaws Zool. viii. 126. LENGTH almost four inches. Bill brown-black, slender, andnearly strait; irides reddish ; general colour of the plumage brownishash-colour, streaked on the upper parts with dusky ; beneath bluishwhite; rump and upper tail coverts the same ; tail dark brown,nearly black ; base and ends of the greater quills the same, in themiddle tawny orange-colour; all but the two middle feathers of thetail tipped with dusky white; legs lead-colour, claws New-Holland; native name Murrigang. A.—Size of the other. Bill the same and black; back ash-colour, with dark brown streaks down the shafts of each feather;quills brown, but when a little expanded a large bed of rufousappears, arising from a bed of that colour in the middle of each quill,ch
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