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 TITMOUSE, MARSH. 



PARTIS PALUSTRIS, Lin. 



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. 



TURNSTONE. 



STREPSILAS LNTERPRES, Flem. 



The Turnstones appear on our coasts in the end 

 of October, and remain until the beginning of 

 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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