254 PARUS ATER. P. PALUSTRIS. 



[§ 1042. r^^o.— Elveden, 1848.] 

 [§ 1043. Fwe.—Eheden, 1852. 



This nest was more than a foot below the surface of the ground, in the 

 decayed stump of a tree that had been cut down level with the earth.] 



[§ 1044. T/iree.—E\vedeu, April, 1854. "A. N."] 

 [§ 1045. yko.— Elveden, April, 1854. " E. N."] 

 [§ 1046. /S'zcT.— Elveden, 10 June, 1857. " E. N." 



My brother's note is : — " From a nest of nine in one of the boxes I placed in 

 a plantation some years ago. The box was in a Scotch fir about seven feet 

 from the ground. The bird was on when I opened the top, and I could have 

 caught her. Two of the eggs from this nest given to Mr. Salvin, and one to 

 Mr. A. C. Smith."] 



PARUS PALUSTRIS, Linnseus. 



MARSH-TITMOUSE. 



^ 1047. Two.— From Mr. Hewitson, 1844. 



§ 1048. One.—'FYom Mr. John Hancock, 1846. 



[§ 1049. 77/re^.— Whittlesford. From Mr. C. Thurnnll, 1851. 

 From two nests.] 



[§ 1050. 7^/i;f.—Conington, Cambridgeshire, 1855. "E.N."] 

 [§ 1051. Seven.— mvedeu, 9 May, 1857. "E. N." 



My brother Edward's note is : — " On the 17th of April I observed a Marsh- 

 Titmouse with some stuff in its mouth, and watched it go into a hole in a big 

 ash-tree. T afterwards saw the other bird on that and subsequent days. I 

 .shewed the place to a man, who got the nest by sawing off the edge of the 

 hole, which was in the stump of a decayed branch full thirty-five feet from 

 the ground. The nine eggs had then been incubated for some days. Two of 

 them I gave to Mr. Salvin."] 



