. Useful birds and their protection. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds. Birds; Birds. 176 USEFUL BIRDS. Red-breasted Nuthatch. Canada Nuthatch. Sitta canadensis. Length. â Four and one-half to nearly five inches. Adult Male. â A.\,OYe, deep, bright bluish-gray; chin and throat whitish; other lower parts rusty or deep buff; tail feathers marked with black and white; a white stripe above the eye, a broad black stripe through the eye, and a black cr
. Useful birds and their protection. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds. Birds; Birds. 176 USEFUL BIRDS. Red-breasted Nuthatch. Canada Nuthatch. Sitta canadensis. Length. â Four and one-half to nearly five inches. Adult Male. â A.\,OYe, deep, bright bluish-gray; chin and throat whitish; other lower parts rusty or deep buff; tail feathers marked with black and white; a white stripe above the eye, a broad black stripe through the eye, and a black crown. Adult Female. â Similar, but duller; the eye stripe dusky, and the crown lighter than that of the male. Nest and Eggs. âMuch like those of the Chickadee. Season. âResident, but local in the breeding season. This dainty little bird is considered rare in Massachusetts in the breeding season. While a few nest in suitable local- ities, the great majority retire to the northern wilderness in summer. From Octo- ber to April, however, it is quite common in this State during some seasons. It per- forms for the pines a similar service to that rendered by its larger relative among the decid- uous trees. It is almost constantly found in pine woods, and seems par- â. ticularly fond of the pitch pine (Pinus Fig. 57. âRed-breasted _ _ â ' r r \ Nuthatch, one-half natural rigida ) . The common notes of the bird are not unlike those of the White-breasted Nuthatch, but higher, sharper, and quicker. It has also a musical varied twitter, not mentioned in books, so far as I know, which can be heard but a few feet away. It runs about much in the manner of the White-breasted Nuthatch, but is perhaps oftener seen beneath a limb. It sometimes feeds nearer the ends of the branches in winter, perhaps because it more commonly extracts the seeds from pine cones. It picks up corn wherever it can be found in winter, and I have watched it hiding the kernels behind scales of bark on the pitch pin
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