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Title: The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories
Year: 1840 (1840s)
Authors: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, lithographer
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: New York : Published by J.J. Audubon Philadelphia : J.B. Chevalier
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it flies and some bits of cheese, it refused to touchthem, generally sitting in the bottom of the cage with its head under itswing, and it died in the course of the night. On opening it, I could notperceive a particle of food in its stomach, so that its sudden death wasprobably occasioned by inanition and fatigue. Although this species was not seen by Dr. Richardson in the FurCountries, it is an inhabitant of the Columbia river district, where it wasfound by Mr. Townsend. Male, 4\, 8. From Maryland to Nova Scotia. Common. One seen in Labrador.Columbia river. Resident. Red-bellied Nuthatch, Sitta canadensis, Wils. Amer. Orn., vol. i. p. 40. Sitta canadensis, Bonap. Syn., p. 96. Red-bellied Nuthatch, Nutt. Man., vol. i. p. 583. Red-bellied Nuthatch, Sitta canadensis, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. ii. p. 24; vol. v. p. 474. Adult Male. Bill straight, of moderate length, very hard, conico-subulate, a littlecompressed, more or less wedge-shaped at the tip; upper mandible with the N? 5 0. P1.24 9.
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THE BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH. 181 dorsal outline very slightly arched, the edges sharp towards the point; lowermandible smaller, of equal length, straight. Nostrils basal, round, half-closed by a membrane, partially covered by the frontal feathers. Thegeneral form is short and compact. Feet rather strong, the hind toe stout,with a strong hooked claw; the claws arched, compressed, acute. Plumage soft, blended, with little gloss. Wings rather short, broad, thesecond and third primaries longest. Tail short, broad, even, of twelverounded feathers. Bill black. Iris brown. Feet and claws flesh-coloured, tinged withyellowish-green. The general colour of the plumage above is a light leaden-grey, beneath pale brownish-red. The top of the head is bluish-black. Along white line passes over the eye; a broader line of black from the bill tothe eye, and beyond it down the neck; the throat white. Primary quillsdusky, margined with greyish-blue; tail-feathers blackish, the two middleones of the general

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