THE OOLOGIST 



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Notes On Four European Members of 

 The Genus Baeolophus. 

 Parus Major, Great Titmouse. 

 Head and throat black; cheeks and a 

 patch on the naple white; back, rump 

 and tail coverts olive green; scapu- 

 lars dark olive green; primaries and 

 secondaries bluish black, outlined 

 with bluish white; shoulder bright 



side my window and here they find an 

 abundance of food. The song is sub- 

 ject to great variation, indeed, I do 

 not ever remember watching a flock 

 of this species without hearing some 

 new variation of their usual "Seetira! 

 Seetira! Seetira!" cr their inhospi- 

 table "Git-a-long! Git-a-long! Git!" 

 In suniiiu-r the Great Tit is to be 



No. 42 Nest of Black headed Gull in Valley of the Rhone, Apr. 4, 1910. 

 Photo by Paul G. Howes. 



blue; one white wing bar; tail feathers 

 dusky, the outer ones partly white ; un- 

 der parts bright yellow, divided in the 

 center by a black line from chin to 

 vent. Length six inches. Resident. 

 , The Great Tit is the largest of the 

 tribe as well as the commonest here 

 at Veve}^ Hordes of them make daily 

 visits to the cypress trees just out- 



sought in the heavily wooded sections 

 of the country where it builds its 

 nest of moss, fibers and feathers, plac- 

 ing it in cavities in trees or holes in 

 old walls. The six to eight eggs are 

 white, specked and blotched with red- 

 dish-brown. , 



Parus britannlcus, Coal Titmouse. 

 Head, throat and center of neck 



