324 TEN YEAES IIS" SWEDEN. 



brown, with black wavy lines, which are very conspicu- 

 ous on the wing and tail feathers. 

 Met with in summer throughout the whole country, 



from Scania to Lapland. Winters in the south and middle 



of the country. 



Fam. 7. CONIROSTRES. HARD-BILLED BIRDS. 



Beak strong and conical ; wings moderate ; tarsi strongly 

 scaled. Unlike most of the members of the last family, 

 whose food consists of worms and small insects, the members 

 of this family live on hard seeds, etc., which their strong 

 beaks enable them to crack. 



1. jffigithali, Veill. 

 Beak short, awl-like, more or less compressed. 



Gen. Parus, L. 



Beak short, straight ; nostrils concealed by the feathers of 

 the forehead; fourth and fifth wing feathers longest; tail always 

 considerably longer than the wings. All small lively birds^ 

 variegated in plumage, remaining in Scandinavia throughout 

 the winter. Mostly breed in holes of trees, and lay a great 

 many eggs, white, generally spotted with red. 



112. PARUS MAJOR, L. Talg Mes. The Great Tit. D. F. 



Length 5 in. 4 1. ; tail 2 in. 5 1. ; head and breast 

 black ; cheeks white ; back olive green ; breast and 

 belly yellow, with a long dark stripe down the middle. 

 Common throughout the whole country as far up as 

 Tornea Lapland. There is little or no difference in the 

 plumage of the sexes in any of the tits. 



113. P. ATER, L. SvartMes. The Cole Tit. D. F. 



The least of all our European tits ; little over 4 in. 



long; head and neck jet black, with a great white 



spot on the sides and one on the neck ; back ash blue ; 



breast and belly white ; sides with a grey tinge. 



Is never seen in the south during the summer, at which 



season it is confined to the fir forests, in the middle and 



