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t24 SYNOPSIS AND ALPHABETICAL PNDEX 
MaLtE—In_ siummer—head, chin and throat black, with 
a white collar, and a white streak from neck to collar. 
Breast, dull bluish-white and brown. Wings, black 
and brown. Tail, forked, brownish-black with out- 
side feathers white. Jn wintey—head greyish, and 
the colour generally not so pronounced. FEMALE-—- 
Smaller than male; head, brownish; collar, brown ; 
breast, white. Nest: Early in May. Sztuated: near 
ground, close to water, in low growth found there 
(grasses, rushes, sedges, brambles, etc.). About 3 
inches across inside, cupped, rather shallow. Made 
of: fine rushes, hay, and hair; lined with moss, hair 
and thin root fibres. Second nests: Sometimes, and 
even as late as July. Eggs: Vary from brownish or 
greenish to purplish-brown or purplish-white, streaked 
with same but darker colours. Four or five. 
2° BLCE Tir 
(Pages 33-36) 
Parus ceruleus (one of the Conirostres. See Black- 
headed Bunting). Syn.: Tomtit, Titmouse. (Tit is a 
word loosely applied to anything small, especially 
birds. Icelandish : 7ztiv.) A pretty and most active 
little bird, often seen in English gardens in summer 
and winter, and found in wooded districts chiefly. 
Migratory, but may remain with us all the year 
