64 CRESTED TITMOUSE. 



ing escaped from the Countess of Albemarle, but 

 it is only from the circumstance above mentioned 

 that the nests are never found : it feeds on seeds 

 and insects. 



CRESTED TITMOUSE. 

 (Parus cristatus.) 



PA. griseo rufescens cristatus, collarinigro, venire albo. 

 Reddish-grey crested Titmouse, with a black collar, and white 



belly. 

 Parus cristatus. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 340. 2. Lin. Faun. Suec. 



266. Gwel Syst. Nat. 1. lOOS.Briss. 3. 558. 8.Latk. 



Ind. Orn. 2. 56/. 14. 

 La Mesange huppee. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 44?.-<-Buff'. PI. 



Enl 502. f. 2. 

 Crested Titmouse. Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 427- F. Albin. Birds. 



2. 57. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 545. 12. Don. Brit. Birds. 2. 



t, 26. Mont. Brit. Birds. 1. Mont. Sup. 



WEIGHT two drachms and a half: length near 

 five inches : beak dusky : irides hazel : forehead 

 and crown white, with black undulated lines : 

 hind head crested, and black : cheeks dirty white, 

 with black spots : throat and chin black, with a 

 line of black passing to the hind head, beneath 

 the white of the cheeks : ears with an irregular 

 black spot: upper parts of the body greenish 

 brown: wings and tail rufous grey: breast and 

 belly pale buff: sides tinged with rufous : legs 

 lead-colour. 



This bird is a solitary species, being only found 

 in the darkest recesses of gloomy forests ; particu- 



