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been lately observed in Scotland, once in a considerable 

 flock." Dr. Latliam, in the second Supplementary volume 

 to his General Synopsis, says, " We have heard of this 

 species being plentiful in some parts of Scotland, especially 

 in the pine forests, from whence I have received a speci- 

 men, now in my possession." Colonel Montagu, in his 

 Ornithological Dictionary, says, " it is not uncommon 

 amongst the large tracts of pines in the north of Scotland, 

 particularly in the forest of Glenmoor, the property of 

 the Duke of Gordon, from whence we have seen it." In 

 a note to the history of this species in the British Orni- 

 thology of Mr. Selby, it is stated, " Sir William Jardine 

 informs me that this bird has been found in some planta- 

 tions not far distant from Glasgow, where it annually 

 breeds." Thomas Macpherson Grant, Esq. of Edinburgh, 

 who has favoured me with notes of his own observations 

 on birds in the eastern counties of Scotland, says, " I 

 possess one preserved specimen of the Crested Tit, shot 

 by myself, and seen in considerable numbers ;" and F. W. 

 Bigge, Esq. of Hampton Court, whose name I have quoted 

 in the article on White's Thrush, at page 193, informs me 

 that in the summer of 1837, he observed several examples 

 of this species in the pass of Killiecrankie. 



The Crested Tit inhabits Denmark, Sweden, and the 

 more temperate parts of Russia. M. Nilsson, the Swedish 

 naturalist, says it remains in that country all the year, 

 inhabiting the pine forests, building in holes in trees, and 

 feeding on insects in their different stages, and on the 

 small seeds of various evergreens. It inhabits the forests 

 of Germany, and the fir-covered mountains of Switzer- 

 land ; it is also found in Lorraine and Provence. Bech- 

 stein says it inhabits all the pine woods of Thuringia ; 

 and Mr. Hoy, who has had opportunities of observing 



