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Food Courage Varieties. 



others green; the covert-feathers by their white 

 tips make a small transverse white line upon 

 each wing. The breast, belly, and thighs are 

 yellow, with a broad black line passing from the 

 throat down the middle of the breast to the vent. 

 The tail is about two inches and a half long, of a 

 black colour, except the outward edges of some 

 of the feathers which are blue. The legs and 

 feet are a sort of lead colour. 



These birds feed on insects, seeds, and fruit. 

 They are very prolific, laying eighteen or twenty 

 eggs at a time. Some of them will venture to 

 assault birds that are twice or thrice their own 

 bulk, and in this case they direct their aim chiefly 

 at the eyes. They often seize upon birds that 

 are weaker than themselves; which they kill, 

 and having picked a hole in their skull, eat out 

 the brains. Buffon says, they pursue the owl 

 with great fury. 



There are many varieties of this bird; the 

 greater titmouse is about five inches in length. 

 The nests of almost every kind are constructed 

 with the most exquisite art, and with materials 

 of the utmost delicacy as will be found in our 

 Accounts of the following species. 



THE PENDULINE TITMOUSE. 



THIS bird is about four inches and a half in 

 length. The fore part of the head is whitish, 



