CRESTED TITMOUSE 69 



a hole being bored in the tree, from two to eight feet 

 above the ground. 



Mr. Selby's assertion, which has been impugned, that he had 

 seen one. of the Titmice engaged in hollowing out for itself a 

 place for a nest in the wood of a "decayed" tree, is most 

 fully borne out by all the writers on the subject who are 

 best entitled to credit. Among such there seems to be 

 no difference of opinion about it, so that it is difficult to 

 imagine, in the presence of facts, how the contrary opinion 

 could have suggested itself. 



They nest usually at the end of April or beginning of May. 



The eggs are from seven to ten in number, white, spotted 

 and speckled, most so at the larger end, with light brownish 

 purple red, some with yellowish red or rich deep brown. 



