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SYLVIAD/E. 



INSESSORFS 



DENTIROSTRES. 



PARW^E. 



THE GREAT TIT. 



Pants major, The Great Titmouse, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 532 



MoNTAOu. Ornith. Diet. 



, p. 282. 



1 ENN. Uni. ^001. vol. 1. ] 



Montagu, Ornith. Diet. 



Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. 



Flem. Brit. An. p. 80. 



Selbv, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 233. 

 ,, ,, Jenvns, Brit. Vert. p. 121. 



The Great Tit, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. viii. 



Mtsange Charbonniere , Temm. Man. d"Ornith. vol. i. p 



Parus. Generic Characters, — Beak strong, short, rather conical, slightly 

 compressed, sharp-pointed, and hard. Nostrils basal, round, covered with 

 reflected bristly featliers. Wings — the first quill-feather very short ; the second 

 not so long as tlie third ; the fourth or fifth the longest. Feet with three toes 

 before and one behind ; the anterior toes divided to their origin ; the hind toe 

 strong, and armed with a long, hooked claw. 



