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CHESTED TIT. 



GUESTED TITMOUSE. 



PLATE XXXII. 



Parus cristatus, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



THE nest, which is composed of grass, moss, or lichens, and feathers, 

 or doubtless any soft materials, is placed in a hole of a tree the oak 

 being said to be preferred, as also, according to Temminck, in rocks, 

 or in the deserted nests of Crows or squirrels; probably the particulars 

 related of the other Titmice would apply to this one also, as to its 

 location, for a nest examined by Mr. Hewitson was thus scooped out. 

 He writes as follows: 'When trees are felled in the forests, their 

 trunks are left standing about two feet above ground/ (he is speaking, 

 I should observe, of the forest of Kissingen, in Bavaria,) -'and in the 

 decayed wood of one of these a hole was scooped to contain the nest 

 of which I have spoken just such a situation as would have been 

 chosen by the Cole Titmouse/ 



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

 speckled, most so at the larger end, with light purple red. 



Some with yellowish red. 



Some with rich deep brown. 



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