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DE SCRIPT. Feathers on the crown and forehead long and pointed, and 

 capable of erection; of a black colour, edged with white: cheeks and 

 sides of the neck dull white, speckled with black; beneath the eye, 

 and across the ear-coverts, a black streak; throat, upper part of the 

 neck, and a narrow line bounding the white on the sides, deep black : 

 back, and other upper parts, greenish brown : breast and belly white, 

 tinged with buff: bill black : feet bluish gray. The female has less 

 black on the throat, and the crown-feathers not so much elongated. 

 (Egg.) White, with a few spots and specks of pale red: long. diam. 

 seven lines; trans, diam. six lines. 



Confined to Scotland; but stated to be not uncommon amongst the 

 large tracts of pines in the northern parts of that country, particularly 

 in the forest of Glenmoor. Is said to be of solitary habits, and to build 

 in the holes of trees. 



76. P. palustris, Linn. (Marsh Titmouse.) Crown, 

 throat, and nape, deep black : cheeks yellowish white. 



P. palustris, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. i. p. 291. Marsh Titmouse, 

 Mont. Orn. Diet. Selb. Illust. vol. i. p. 237. pi. 51. f. 4. Bew. 

 Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 282. 



DIMENS. Entire length four inches six lines ; length of the bill (from 

 the forehead) four lines, (from the gape) four lines and a half; of the 

 tarsus eight lines ; of the tail two inches two lines ; from the carpus to 

 the end of the wing two inches four lines and a half: breadth, wings 

 extended, seven inches ten lines. 



DESCRIPT. Crown of the head, nape, and throat, deep black; cheeks 

 yellowish white : upper parts of the body gray tinged with brown : wings 

 and tail bluish gray, the edges of the feathers somewhat paler : breast 

 and belly white, faintly tinged with grayish brown : bill black, stronger 

 and more conical than in the next species: feet bluish gray. (Egg.) 

 White, with a few dark red spots : long. diam. seven lines and a half; 

 trans, diam. six lines. 



Not an uncommon species in woods and thickets. Has a loud shrill 

 note, repeated quickly several times in succession, heard very early in 

 the year. Food insects and seeds, occasionally flesh. Builds in the holes 

 of decayed trees : nest composed of moss and the seed-down of the willow, 

 and lined with the last mentioned material. Eggs from six to eight in 

 number. 



77- P- ater, Linn. (Cole Titmouse.) Head, throat, 

 and fore part of the neck, black ; cheeks, and a spot on 

 the nape, white: two transverse white bars on the wings. 



P. ater, Temm. Man. a" Orn. torn. i. p. 288. Cole Titmouse, Mont. 

 Orn. Diet. Selb. Illust. vol. i. p. 239. pi. 51. f. 3. Bew. Brit. 

 Birds, vol. i. p. 278. 



DIMENS. Entire length four inches three lines : length of the bill 

 (from the forehead) three lines and a half, (from the gape) four lines 

 and a half; of the tarsus seven lines and three quarters; of the tail 

 one inch seven lines and a half; from the carpus to the end of the 

 wing two inches three lines. 



DESCRIPT. Crown of the head, and nape of the neck, black; the 

 latter with a central white spot : cheeks and sides of the neck white : 



