48 CAPE TITMOUSE. 



upper parts of the body pale ash-coloured red, 

 variegated with brown : quills pale brown : under 

 parts of the body pale rufous grey : two middle 

 tail-feathers black ; the others similar in colour to 

 the back, with a square white spot about the mid- 

 dle : legs dusky : claws black. 



CAPE TITMOUSE. 

 (Parus capensis.) 



PA. cinereo-griseus, remigibus nigrisalbo marginatis, cauda nigra 



sultus alba. 

 Ash-coloured grey Titmouse, with the quills black margined 



with white ; tail black, beneath white. 

 Parus capensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 1011. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 



5/0. 22. 

 La Mesange du Cap de Bonne Esperance. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 



2. 2O6. t. 115. 



Le petit Deuil. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. 445. 

 Cape Titmouse. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 552. 19. 



BEAK black : irides red : the head, neck, back, 

 belly, and wing-coverts, pale ash-coloured grey : 

 quills black, with white edges : tail black above, 

 white beneath : legs black. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope ; and makes 

 a nest of a cottony substance, which is placed in 

 the thickest shrubs : it is the shape of a short- 

 necked bottle ; the neck of the nest is narrow, and 

 on the outside there is a sort of additional nest for 

 the male, whilst the female is sitting. 



