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vation from its near resemblance to its convener. 



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On the 3rd of October, 18-i3, an example was 

 picked up dead in a garden at Brighton An- 

 other was shot at Uckfield in October, ]&47; a 

 third, which is in my own collection, was obtained 

 during the same month near Shoreham; and a 

 fourth has since been killed by Mr. Ellman in the 

 neighbourhood of Kye. 



Family PARiDiE. 



Great Tit, Parus major. Common in every 

 part of the county. 



Blue Tit, Parus coiruleus. Generally dis- 

 persed. 



Cole Tit, Parus ater. Eare in some localities, 

 but comparatively numerous in others which do 

 not seem better suited to its habits. Is of frequent 

 occurrence in the neighbourhood of Chichester. 

 Rather scarce about Hastings, and by no means 

 common among the great woods of the weald. 

 As there is a general resemblance between this 

 titmouse and the next species, it may be well to 

 notice an easy method of distinguishing them. 

 The cole tit has a white spot on the nape of the 

 neck, which is absent in the marsh tit. 



Marsh Tit, Parus palustris. This seems 

 also to be a local species. It does not, as far 



