Class II. LONG TAILED TITMOUSE. 395 



The tail is the longed in proportion to the bulk 

 of any Britijh bird, being in length three inches -, 

 the form of it is like that of a magpie, confiding 

 of twelve feathers of unequal lengths, the middle- 

 moft the longed, thole on each fide growing 

 gradually fhorter \ the exterior fides, and the top 

 of the interior fides of the three outmod feathers 

 are white •, the red of the tail black. The cheeks 

 and throat are white : the bread and whole under 

 fide white, with a cad of red. The legs, feet, and 

 claws are black. 



It forms its ned with great elegance, of an oval 

 fhape, and about eight inches deep •, near the up- 

 per end is a hole for admilTion : the external mate- 

 rials are moffes and lichens, curioufly interwoven 

 with wool •, within it is lined very warmly with a 

 thick bed of feathers : it lays from ten to feven- 

 teen eggs. The young follow the parents the 

 whole winter; and from the flimnefs of their bodies, 

 and great length of tail, appear, while flying, like 

 fo many darts cutting the air. They are often feen 

 pafling through our gardens, going progreffively 

 from tree to tree, as if in their road to fome other 

 place, never making any halt. 



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