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PARID^E. 



INSESSORES. 



DENTIROSTRES. 



PARID^E. 



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THE BLUE TIT. 

 Parus cteruleus. 



Parus cxruleus, Blue Titmouse, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 534. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 28t>. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 80. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol i. p. 235. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p., ,122. 



>> n >> GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xiv. 



Mesange lleue, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 289. 



THE BLUE TIT, like the species last described, is very 

 generally distributed in this country, and although a very 

 pretty bird, both as to colour and markings, as well as 

 active and lively, it is but little noticed, and not at all 

 appreciated, probably only because it is exceedingly com- 



