166 BLUE TITMOUSE. 



. Habits of the typical species sylvan, 

 arboreal, breeding in holes. Distribution, 

 the known world, except Australia. 



THE BLUE TITMOUSE. 



Parus ccerukus WILLUGHBY. 

 PLATE IX. 



Parus caeruleus, Will. Linn. fyc. Mesange blue, Buff. 

 Temm. fyc Blue Titmouse, or Tit of British authors. 



BEING one of our most common, as well as a 

 typical species, we have selected the Blue Tit- 

 mouse to illustrate the common form of the parL 

 Over the greater part of Britain and Ireland it is 

 very generally and equally distributed. Where- 

 ever a moderate proportion of wood, plantation, 

 or hedge row timber exists, we shall be almost 

 sure to find this cheerful and active little bird ; 

 and within the limits of our range it is only as 

 we advance to the North of Scotland that it 



