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of time. A young ornithological friend of mine has given 

 me a list of birds observed by himself in Kensington Gar- 

 dens, including near seventy species; an unusually large 

 number for so limited a locality in such a situation. The 

 five species of Tits, just referred to, are included in this 

 list ; these birds are probably attracted to this spot by 

 the insect food to be found about old trees in various 

 stages of decay, a London atmosphere being unfavourable 

 to healthy vegetation. 



From London westward, the Marsh Tit may be traced, 

 to Cornwall and Wales. In Ireland, according to Mr. 

 Thompson, this bird has been killed in the Phrenix Park, 

 near Dublin ; in the county of Kildare ; in the vicinity 

 of Belfast, and in the county of Donegal. From London 

 northward, it may be traced through Essex, Suffolk, Nor- 

 folk, and Lincolnshire. I have been favoured with a Ca- 

 talogue of the Birds of Derbyshire and Yorkshire, by Mr. 

 Neville Wood, and the Rev. Orpen Morris, and these 

 sources of information have been frequently quoted : from 

 the first I learn, in the present instance, that the Marsh 

 Tit is abundant in Derbyshire, and from the second, that 

 it is also common in Yorkshire. Mr. Selby includes it 

 in his Catalogue of the Birds of Durham and Northum- 

 berland ; and Mr. Macgillivray has noticed it near Edin- 

 burgh. From the works of Muller, Brunnich, and M. 

 Nilsson, this bird appears to be resident in Denmark, Nor- 

 way, and Sweden, and remains even in Russia and Si- 

 beria all the year. It is dispersed over the European con- 

 tinent ; and, as might be expected, is more abundant in 

 Holland than elsewhere. It is resident also all the year 

 as far south as Provence, Italy, and Sicily ; but is not 

 very common. 



The Marsh Tit is immediately distinguished from the 



