From Maryland to Nova Scotia. Common. One seen in Labrador. Columbia River. Resident.
Red-bellied Nuthatch, Sitta canadensis, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 40.
Sitta canadensis, Bonap. Syn. p. 96.
Red-bellied Nuthatch, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 583.
Red-bellied Nuthatch, Sitta canadensis, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 24; v. v. p. 474.
249. 3. Sitta pusilla, Lath. Brown-headed Nuthatch.
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.
250. 4. Sitta pygmæa, Vigors. Californian Nuthatch.
Plate CCCCXV. Figs. 3, 4. Adult.