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mouse and the next species, it may be well to 

 notice an easy method of distinguishing them. 

 The cole tit has a white spot on the nape of the 

 neck which is absent in the marsh tit. 



MARSH TIT, Parus palustris. This seems also 

 to be a local species. It does not, as far as 

 my observation goes, evince any partiality for 

 swampy ground or the neighbourhood of marshes. 

 On the contrary, I have found it more numerous 

 among the large woods that crown the higher por- 

 tion of the lower green-sandstone formation, where 

 its northern escarpment abuts on the valley of the 

 weald, than perhaps anywhere else ; as at Henley 

 Hill, Bexley Hill, Petshill, Flexham Park and 

 Bedham. It is also common in Ashdown and Til- 

 gate forests. 



LONG-TAILED TIT, Parus caudatus. Generally 

 distributed. Abundant among the oak woods of 

 the weald. The young, when able to fly, accom- 

 pany their parents, and wandering family parties 

 of from ten to twelve of these social birds may fre- 

 quently be noticed throughout the winter, flitting 

 from tree to tree, uttering their faint indistinct note? 

 as they climb among the branches and explore 

 the lichens for minute insects, or curiously pry 

 into the crannies of the rough bark. 



BEARDED TIT, Calamophilus biarmicus. Occa- 

 sionally found in situations adapted to its habits, 



