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Buvure Trrmouse.—Crown blue, encircled by a white band; cheeks white; chin, a band 
encircling the white cheeks and one passing through the eye to the nape, blackish 
blue ; back yellowish green; wings and tail blue; under parts sulphur yellow with 
a blue black central streak ; bill black; legs blue grey. Total length about 44 in., 
wing 2% in., tail 2in. The female scarcely differs from the male, and the young 
have the blue much duller in tinge. 
Coat Trrmouse.—Crown and nape bluish black ; cheeks, sides of the neck, and a patch 
on the nape, white; back greyish olivaceous; wings and tail brown, the wings 
crossed by two white bands; throat black; rest of under parts white, washed with 
fawn on the flanks and belly; bill, legs and feet, dark brown. Total length about 
42 in., wing 2,3, in., tail 144,in. The female is rather duller in colour, and the 
young more so, and these latter have the nape patch, cheeks, and under parts 
washed with sulphur yellow. 
Mars 'l'rrmovusr.-—Crown, nape, chin, and throat black; cheeks dull white; back 
olivaceous brown ; quills and tail ashy brown, with paler external margins; under 
parts dull white, the flanks washed with buff; bill black; legs and head grey. 
Total length about 43 in., wing 23 in., tail 2i in. The female resembles the male, 
but the young are duller and browner in colour. 
Crestep Trrmouse.—Feather on the crown elongated, forming a conspicuous re-curved 
crest; black in colour, tipped with greyish white; sides of head and neck greyish 
white; a narrow line of black passes through the eye to the nape, and two bands of 
black cross the sides of the neck; throat also black; back, wings, and tail brown ; 
under parts dull white; flanks warm buff. Total length about 43 in., wing 24 in., 
tail 2 in 
III. When, where, and in what numbers found. 
Long-tailed Tit.—Resident throughout Great Britain and Ireland; less commonly 
distributed in Scotland than in England. Great Tit.—Resident throughout British Isles. 
Blue Tit.—Resident throughout British Isles; common everywhere. Coal Tit.—Resident 
throughout British Isles, but nowhere so abundant as the two preceding species. Marsh 
Tit.—Resident in England and Wales, rare in Scotland, but does not extend to Ireland. 
Crested Tit.—Not uncommon in some of the old pine forests in Scotland, but of rare 
occurrence in England, and of doubtful occurrence in Ireland. 
IV. Food. 
Insects, grubs, and seeds. The Long-tailed Tit is almost, if not quite, insectivorous. 
The other Titmice vary their diet more with seeds—the seeds chiefly of destructive weeds, 
and to a small extent they also feed on berries. 
V. Characteristics. 
The various peculiarities of these five Tits are dealt with and contrasted in 
Paragraph VII. 
VI. Protection. 
Wild Birds Protection Act, 1880.—These birds do not appear in the Schedule, but 
(1896) have been added to it in the following counties :— 
Long-tailed Tit,—Enenanp: Lancaster, Buckingham, West Suffolk. Watnes: Brecon. 
ScorLtanp: Berwick. 
Blue Tit.—Scotnanp: Berwick. 
Coal Tit—Enetanp: Buckingham, West Suffolk. Scorntanp: Berwick. 
Marsh Tit.—Enetanp: Buckingham, West Suffolk. 
In these Counties any owner, occupier, or other person taking, killing, ete., any of the 
specified Tits during close season,* or possessing or selling one of them after 15th March, 
is liable to a penalty of £1 for each bird. Elsewhere all Tits are protected during close time, 
except with regard to owners and occupiers of land. 
* Generally from Ist March to 3lst July; but in some counties from Ist February to 31st August in 
each year. A further period may be obtained through the Act of 1896, 
