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TITMOU SE; CAR SH. 
PaRus PALUSTRIS, Li. 
This species is more common in England than 
in Scotland, but does not confine itself to marshy 
places. Its habits are similar to those of the Cole 
Tit, but in winter it feeds partly on seeds. It 
breeds in the holes of old willows and such trees as 
occur in its peculiar haunts, frequently excavating 
for itself the intended habitation of its brood, 
carrying it to a considerable depth, and always 
making it a little wider at the bottom, for the recep- 
tions of the nest, which is composed of moss, 
mixed with the seed-down of the willow, and 
lined with a warm coating of the same material. 
The eggs, from six to eight in number, are white, 
with reddish brown spots, most numerous towards 
the larger end. 
TURNS TONE. 
STREPSILAS INTERPRES, Flem. 
The Turnstones appear on our coasts in the end 
of October, and remain until the beginnmg ot 
May, or somewhat later. They frequent the 
rocky coasts and gravelly places more than the 
sands, keeping in flocks, and feeding on small 
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