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by the want of the black mark on each side of the 

 head ; lays 5 reddish white eggs, spotted with brown. 



7. CRISTATUS. CRESTED TITMOUSE. 



P. griseo rufescens cristatus, collar i nigro, venire 

 albo. Shaw. 



The bill is dusky ; irides hazel ; the forehead and 

 crown are white, undulated with black lines ; on the 

 hinder part of the head the feathers are very long 

 and black, which the bird erects in the form of a 

 conic crest; ;the cheeks are dirty white, spotted with 

 black ; a black ..stroke crosses the cheek under the eye, 

 which turns, back in an acute angle under the ear form- 

 ing the letter Y ; behind this is a bed of white surround- 

 ing the cheeks, and bounded externally by a black edge, 

 which forms a patch on the hind-head, and also 

 joins the black on the throat and chin ; the back is 

 greenish brown ; the breast and belly are pale buff; 

 the wings and tail are much like the back, but deeper 

 coloured ; the legs are bluish lead colour. (Montagu.) 



The crested titmouse is found in the pine forests 

 of Scotland. 



The eggs are said to be white, spotted with red. 



