BRITISH BIRDS. 



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top of Lead blue ; a black line crosses the eye and a white 

 one surmounts it ; upper surface blue ; under, greenish- 

 yellow ; bill, legs, and feet, slate blue. Length, 4i inches ; 

 tail, 2. 



Crested Tit. — Top of head and crest white, with black 

 centres to each feather ; face and a line running half round 

 the back of the head white, shaded with minute black 

 lines ; back of head, nape, and throat black ; breast and 

 belly white, with a fawn tinge at sides, and vent dark 



Fig. 9.— The Blue Tit. 



brownish green ; wings brownish blue ; under tail coverts 

 and root of tail reddish brown ; remainder of tail brown ; 

 bill dark grey ; legs and feet slate blue. Length, 4^ inches ; 

 tail, 2. 



Loxg-Tailed Tit. — Head and face white, with black 

 shading ; a black line crosses the eye and joins the black 

 of the nape, neck, and back ; reddish brown back, irregularly 

 mottled with black ; wings black, but coverts and 

 secondaries have a wide, white border; the long tail has 

 the four central feathers black, but the rest are white. 

 The breast is greyish white with a shade of blue. The 



