NUTHATCH.
SITTA CÆSIA, Wolf.
Sitta caesia, Wolf, Taschenb. deutseh. Yög. i. p. 128 (1810).
Sitta europæa, Naum. v. p. 377 j JMacg. iii. p. 48 \ Hewitson,
i. p. 247.
Sitta cæsia, Yarr. ed. 4, i. p. 473; Dresser, iii. p. 175.
Torche-pot, French ; Spechtmeise, German ; Trepatroncos,
Spanish.
This lively and most amusing little bird is well known
in most parts of England ; but, according to Yarrell, is
not found in Ireland, and uncommon in Scotland.
In its habits of climbing and hammering with its
beak it resembles the Woodpeckers, but in structure is
much more closely allied to the Tree-Creeper and Tits.
Our English Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch has been
separated by modern naturalists from the race prevalent
in N. Europe [Sitta europæa of Linnæus), in which the
underparts of the body are pure white.
