. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. FAM. in. NUTBATCHES AND CBICKADEES 59 A. Under parts generally with much rusty brown ; crown black (male), or bluish-gray {female) ; a white stripe over eye 2. Red-breasted Nuthatch. A. -Crown and sides of head brown, without stripes 3. Brown-headed Nuthatch. B. Head conspicuously crested ;2 throat and under parts nearly white, with rusty-brown sides i. Tufted Titmouse. ^^^ B. Head without crest; throat black or dusky. (C.) /^ '\ C. Top of head brown ; sides of bo
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. FAM. in. NUTBATCHES AND CBICKADEES 59 A. Under parts generally with much rusty brown ; crown black (male), or bluish-gray {female) ; a white stripe over eye 2. Red-breasted Nuthatch. A. -Crown and sides of head brown, without stripes 3. Brown-headed Nuthatch. B. Head conspicuously crested ;2 throat and under parts nearly white, with rusty-brown sides i. Tufted Titmouse. ^^^ B. Head without crest; throat black or dusky. (C.) /^ '\ C. Top of head brown ; sides of body chestnut ^^ \ 7. Hudsonian Chickadee. 2 C. Top of head black. (D.) D. Greater wing coverts with whitish edges 5. Chickadee. D. Greater wing coverts without whitish edges. .6. Carolina Chickadee. 1. White-breasted Nuthatch (727. Sltta caroUnensis). â A short-tailed, tree-creeping, bluish-backed, black-crowned, white- bellied bird, with brown blotches on the under tail coverts. The sides of the head are â white like the throat and -*«^fc» ^^ breast, and the back neck black like the crown. The female has the black not so intense. The nuthatches are peculiar in their ability to run along tree trunks in all directions, with the head downward as often as upward. They are not Whita-breasted Nuthatch singers, but have a call note of quanJc qnnnk, which they repeat with no reference to the position of their body. Length, 6 ; wing, 3^ (|); tail, 2 ; tarsus, % ; culmen, J. Eastern United States from Georgia to the Dominion o£ Canada; generally resident throughout. The Florida White-breasted Nuthatch (727''. S. c. dtkinsi) is somewhat smaller and has the wing coverts and the quills very slightly, if at all, tipped with whitish. Wing less than 3J ; tail, 1|. It is found from South Carolina to Florida. 2. Red-breasted Nuthatch (728. Sitta canaih'nsiii).âA short- tailed, tree-creeping, bluish-backed, brownish-red-breasted bird, with the black of the top and sides of the he
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