290 NATCB A LIST'S CAfelNKT. 



Habits Utility Description. 



long a tail, and so numerous an issue as this bird 

 commonly hath." 



The young continue with the parents and form 

 little flocks during the winter; they utter a small 

 shrill cry, only as a call, but in the spring they 

 are said to acquire a very melodious song. They 

 are found in the northern regions of Europe. 



These birds are said to be very beneficial in 

 the spring to the trees by destroying the young 

 caterpillars, and likewise the eggs of those insects 

 that so commonly destroy the fruit, which they 

 do by tearing the webs to pieces, and eating up 

 the animalcule that are inclosed in them. 



THE COLE TITMOUSE. 



THIS bird, which is four inches in length, 

 weighs only two drachms. Its bill is black, as 

 are also its head, throat, and part of the breast 

 from the corner of the bill on each side an irre- 

 gular patch of white passes under the eyes, ex- 

 tending to the sides of the neck ; a spot of the. 

 same occupies the hind part of the head ; the 

 back and all the upper parts are of a greenish 

 ash-colour; the wing-coverts are tipped with, 

 white, which forms two bars across the wing ; the 

 under parts are of a reddish white; the legs are 

 lead-colour, and the tail somewhat forked at the 

 end. 



