Plate CXXV. Male and Female.
Upper part of head and hind neck light reddish-brown, the latter with
a white spot; back light greyish-blue; quills brownish-black, edged
with light greyish-blue; middle tail-feathers of the same colours, the
rest black, the outer three with a broad band of white near the end;
lower parts yellowish-white, the sides greyish-blue.
_Male_, 4, 8.
From Texas to Maryland. In the interior to Mississippi. Extremely
abundant. Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, and the Carolinas.
Resident.
Brown-headed Nuthatch, Sitta pusilla, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii.
p. 105.
Sitta pusilla, Bonap. Syn. p. 97.
Brown-headed Nuthatch, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 584.
Brown-headed Nuthatch, Sitta pusilla, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii.
p. 151.