CRESTED TITMOUSE. 



PASSE RES. 



499 



PARID^. 



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Parus cristatus, Linnffius*. 

 THE CRl!STED TITMOUSE. 



Parus cristatus. 



The Crested Titmouse is as local in Britain as the 

 species already described are common. It was first included 

 as a British Bird by Walcott, who, in 1789, said, " This 

 bird has been lately observed in Scotland, once in a con- 

 siderable flock." In 1802 Montagu stated that it was " not 

 uncommon amongst the large tracts of pines in the north 

 of Scotland, particularly in the forest of Glenmoorf, the 

 property of the Duke of Gordon, from whence we have seen 

 it." In the same year Latham (Gen. Syn. SuppL ii. p. 255) 

 confirmed the fact of the species being plentiful in some 

 parts of Scotland, especially in the pine-forests, whence, he 



* Syst. Nat. K.l. 12, i. p. 340 (1766). 



+ Mr. Gray informs the Editor tliat the very old timber, consisting ohiefty of 

 Scotch firs and oaks, in this forest, the name of which is more correctly spelt 

 Glenniore, was cut down towards the end of the last century. 



