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MARSH TIT. 
MARSH TITMOUSE. BLACK-CAP. SMALLER OXEYE. 
WILLOW-BITER. JOE BENT. 
Farus palustris, PENNANT, MONTAGU, 
“  atricapillus. - GMELIN. 
PAPUS— hee sece val Palustris—Of or belonging to marshes, 
In Europe this is a perennial inhabitant, in Russia, Siberia, 
Norway, Denmark, Sweden, France, Holland, and Italy; and 
doubtless in all other countries of the continent. Meyer says 
that it is also found in North America, and the northern 
parts of Asia. 
In Yorkshire, as in every county in England, the Marsk 
Titmouse may be met with, here in greater, and there in 
less plenty than the Cole Titmouse—not that it is by any 
means to be called a very common species. One of these 
birds was shot on the river which runs through the town of 
Louth, as I am informed by the Rev. R. P. Alington, in the 
winter of 1849. In Scotland, except in the extreme north, 
it occurs as in England. Im Ireland it seeins to be very 
unfrequent, but not to be partial in its distribution. 
This species remains with us throughout the year. It is 
perhaps even less shy than the Cole Titmouse, and may easily 
be tamed. Though its name would lead one to suppose the 
contrary, it is not by any means exclusively confined tc 
marshy districts, but may be found occasionally in any situation, 
but principally by the wooded margins of streams and ponds, 
preferring low trees and brushwood to hedgerow timber, the 
wood, or the forest. Its habits and actions are those of the 
other Titmice. ‘They dwell together,’ says Linnzeus Martin, 
‘m considerable numbers, and are perpetually in motion, going 
