LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE 



LONG-TAILED TIT MUM RUFFIN BOTTLE TIT LONG-TAILED 

 PIE LONG TOM BOTTLE TOM POKE PUDDING LONG 

 POD HUCK-MUCK LONG-TAILED MAG MUFFLIN LONG- 

 TAILED MUFFLIN. 



PLATE XXXV. 



Acredula caudata^ . . . LINNJEUS. 



Parus caudatus, . . . PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



Parus longicaudatus, . . . BRISSON. 



Medstura rosea, . . , DRESSER. 



WITH this species nidification commences early in 

 March. 



The nest of the Long-tailed Titmouse, the situation of 

 which is repaired to frequently from year to year, is beautiful, 

 and I may say wonderful. It is a hollow ball, generally 

 nearly oval, with only one orifice ; some have said two, to 

 account for the location of the tail, which is said to project 

 through one of them ; and Mr. Hewitson describes one that 

 he saw which had two openings, leaving the top of the nest 

 like the handle of a basket, but such must be exceptional 

 or accidental cases. In the year 1852, a similar instance 

 occurred in the garden of the Messieurs Dawson, of Pounds- 

 worth Mill, near Driffield. A French writer has explained 

 that one orifice is intended for a front and the other for a 

 back door. Mudie writes as follows : " They, in the case 

 of two apertures, sit with the head of the male out at the one, 



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