. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Ornithology; Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. .. WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH. SiTTA CAROLINENSIS. Char. Above, bluish ash; top of head and neck black; wings black, blue, and white; tail black, marked with white; beneath, white; under tail-coverts reddish brown. Bill long and acute. Female and young similar, but black of head tinged with ashy or wanting. Length ^j^ inches. Niesf. I open woodland, placed at the bottom of a cavity excavated in a dead tree or stump, —sometimes an old w
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Ornithology; Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. .. WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH. SiTTA CAROLINENSIS. Char. Above, bluish ash; top of head and neck black; wings black, blue, and white; tail black, marked with white; beneath, white; under tail-coverts reddish brown. Bill long and acute. Female and young similar, but black of head tinged with ashy or wanting. Length ^j^ inches. Niesf. I open woodland, placed at the bottom of a cavity excavated in a dead tree or stump, —sometimes an old woodpecker's nest is used; made of leaves, grass, feathers, and hair. E,^,i,''s. 4-8 (occasionally as many as 10, usually 5); white tinged with rose pink, and spotted with reddish brown and lilac ; X This species, so nearly allied to the European Nuthatch, re- sides permanently throughout North America, from Hudson Bay and Oregon to the tableland of Mexico, appearing only more common and familiar at the approach of winter in con- sequence of the failure of its food in its favorite sylvan re- treats, which it now often forsakes for the open fields, orchards, or gardens, where, in pairs or small and sometimes contending 1; t < ' f ill m m. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston : Little, Brown
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