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to be the fire-king, and the female and immature 

 birds gold-crests. I have had several examples of 

 the former shown to me by collectors who were 

 labouring under this delusion. The most simple 

 and obvious distinction consists in the three lon- 

 gitudinal lines on the cheeks of R. ignicapillus, 

 which are absent in R. cristatus. Of these, one is 

 black, in which the eye is situated, above and be- 

 neath which passes a streak of white. 



No doubt this bird frequently escapes observa- 

 tion from its near resemblance to its congener. 

 On the 3rd of October, 1843, an example was 

 picked up dead in a garden at Brighton. Another 

 was shot at Uckfield in October, 1847; and a 

 third, which is in my own collection, was killed 

 during the same month near Shoreham. 



Family PARID^E. 



GREAT TIT, Parus major. Common in every 

 part of the county. 



BLUE TIT, Parus caruleus. Generally dispersed. 



COLE TIT, Parus ater. Rare in some localities, 

 but comparatively numerous in others which do 

 not seem better suited to its habits. Is of frequent 

 occurrence in the neighbourhood of Chichester. 

 Rather scarce about Hastings, and by no means 

 common among the great woods of the weald. As 

 there is a general resemblance between the tit- 



