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Definition of Nuthatches
1. nuthatch [n] - See also: nuthatch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nuthatches
Literary usage of Nuthatches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Keys to the Species and by Frank Michler Chapman (1895)
"About twenty species of nuthatches are known, of which four are American. ...
Both our nuthatches and Chickadees are migratory at the northern parts of ..."
2. Western Birds by Harriet Williams Myers (1922)
"THE nuthatches are among the most interesting of our feathered folk because ...
The characteristic which makes these nuthatches so easy to identify is their ..."
3. The Birds of Ontario: Being a Concise Account of Every Species of Bird Known by Thomas McIlwraith (1894)
"nuthatches. GENUS SITTA LINNAEUS. SITTA CAROLINENSIS (LATH.). 303. White-breasted
Nuthatch. (7-J7) Hark, rump and middle tail feathers, ashy-blue; ..."
4. Elements of Ornithology: Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges by William Samuel Waithman Ruschenberger, Henri Milne-Edwards, Achille Comté (1845)
"The principal genera of this family are the nuthatches, Creepers, Humming-birds,
... The nuthatches,— Sitta,—have a moderate, straight, depressed beak, ..."
5. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"nuthatches AND TITS. Family PARID/E. 727. White-breasted Nuthatch. Sitla carolinensis.
Range. —I'nited States east of the Rockies, breeding from the Gulf to ..."
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