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AVES. 
Parus Major. —The Great Titmouse. 
Plate XLVI. fig. 12. 
Back olive-green'; rump and wing-coverts gray, the latter tipped 
with white; head, throat, and lower part of the neck, black; 
cheeks and ear-coverts white ; tail grayish-green, edged with 
slate-gray; breast and abdomen sulphur-yellow, with a black 
streak running down the mesial line; under tail-coverts white ; 
legs blue-gray. Length, five and a half inches. Inhabits 
Europe. 
Parus cceruleus —The Blue Titmouse. 
Plate XLVI. fig. 11. 
Back grayish-blue, tinged with green; under parts pale yel¬ 
low; crown of the head azure-blue; front, list over the eyes, 
and cheeks white; ophthalmic streak black; nape and gular collar 
azure-blue; wings and tail pale Antwerp-blue; the greater 
coverts tipped with white; legs and feet slate-colour. Four 
inches and a half long. Inhabits Europe. 
Parus palustris. —The Marsh-Titmouse. 
Plate XLVI. fig. 13. 
Upper parts yellowish-gray; breast and abdomen white, 
tinged with pale yellowish-brown; head, nape, and neck, pur¬ 
plish-black; cheeks cream-yellow; legs gray. Four inches and 
a half long. Inhabits Europe. 
Section II.—The first quill feathers very short, or altogether 
wanting. 
Parus biartnicus. —The Bearded Titmouse. 
Plate XLVI. fig. 14. 
Nape and back yellow-brown, tinged with orange; abdomen 
and epigastrium pale fawn-colour; head, neck, and breast, blue- 
gray, the latter tinged with lilac; hill orange yellow; irides 
gamboge-yellow; base of the bill furnished with mustaches of 
loose pendant feathers ; scapulars wood-brown ; quills blackish- 
gray, edged with white, secondaries edged with orange-brown ; 
tail long, cuneiform, orange-brown ; exterior feathers edged and 
tipped with white ; legs and feet black. Six inches long. In¬ 
habits Europe. 
