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PARID.E. 



INSESSORES. 



DENTIROSTRES. 



PARID.E. 



THE CRESTED TIT. 



Parns cristahis, Crested Titmouse, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 542. 



IMoNTAGu, Ornith. Dicf. 

 Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 284. 

 Flem. Brit. An. p. 81. 

 Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 243. 

 Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 122. 

 Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. ix. 

 Mesange hupp^e, Te;um. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 290. 



The Crested Tit appears to be as rare as a British Bird 

 as the two species of Tits ah-eady described are common, and 

 the authorities for its capture are but few. John Walcott, 

 Esq. in the second volume of his Synopsis of Britisli Birds, 

 published in 1789, says, "this bird has been lately observed 

 in Scotland, once in a considerable flock." Dr. Latham, in 



