. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . lity in all directions, utterevery now and then a loud shrill note, fly from tree to tree inthe woods, visit the gardens occasionally, and associate withCreepers, Tits, and small Woodpeckers. Their flight is rapid,generally short, but sometimes protracted ; their food consistsof insects, pupae, and larvae of various kinds, as well as ofacorns,
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . lity in all directions, utterevery now and then a loud shrill note, fly from tree to tree inthe woods, visit the gardens occasionally, and associate withCreepers, Tits, and small Woodpeckers. Their flight is rapid,generally short, but sometimes protracted ; their food consistsof insects, pupae, and larvae of various kinds, as well as ofacorns, chestnuts, and other hard fruits, which they split orperforate with their bill, after fastening them in a unfrequently they betake themselves to the ground insearch of food, and come into the immediate vicinity of housesin winter. They nestle in holes, generally formed by them-selves in decayed trees. They have the singular habit of sleep-ing with their head downwards, as they cling to the surfaceof a tree, and, unlike the Creepers, which can only ascend, theyare equally expert at descending a trunk or branch; nor do theyrequire to aid their ascent by pressing their tail against the sur-face. 48 SITTA THE EUROPEAN Sitta europsea. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 177- Sitta europsea. Lath. Ind. Orn. IL 261. European Nuthatch. Mont. Orn. Diet. Sittelle Torchepot. Sitta europeea. Temm. Man. dOrn. I. 407. Sitta europsea. Nuthatcli. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 154. Nuthatch. Sitta europsea. Selb. Illustr. I. 385. Upper parts hluish-grey; throat and cheeks white; loral spaceand a hand behind the eye hlacli; loiver parts light reddish-yellow,sides hroionish-red. Male.—This beautiful and lively little bird, which occursin various parts of England, remaining all the year, is one ofthe largest species of the genus. Its general appearance maybe learned from the generic character, which applies to it inevery respect; the body being short and rather full, the neckvery short,
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