. A popular handbook of the birds of the United States and Canada . 1 2 . Pine Purple Fincli. ^in^ Cross Bill .. 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; undertail-coverts reddish brown. Bill long and acute. Female and youngsimilar, but black of head tinged with ashy or wanting. Length 5^inches. Nest. In open woodland, placed at the bottom of a cavity excavatedin a dead tree or stump, —sometimes an old woodpecker
. A popular handbook of the birds of the United States and Canada . 1 2 . Pine Purple Fincli. ^in^ Cross Bill .. 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; undertail-coverts reddish brown. Bill long and acute. Female and youngsimilar, but black of head tinged with ashy or wanting. Length 5^inches. Nest. In open woodland, placed at the bottom of a cavity excavatedin a dead tree or stump, —sometimes an old woodpeckers nest is used;made of leaves, grass, feathers, and hair. Eggs. 4-8 (occasionally as many as 10, usually 5); white tinged withrose 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 HudsonBay and Oregon to the tableland of Mexico, appearing onlymore 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
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