THE BLUE TITMOUSE 



the wings and tail are blue, the greater wing-coverts 

 and the innermost secondaries tipped with white ; the 

 crown is azure blue, surrounded by a ring of dull white, 

 succeeded by a band of dark blue, which also encircles 

 the white cheeks and meets on the chin and throat. The 

 under parts below the throat are greenish yellow, palest 

 on the abdomen, and with a streak of dusky blue on the 

 centre of the breast ; under surface of the wings yellow. 

 Bill dusky grey ; tarsi and toes lead-colour ; irides brown. 

 Length 4^- inches. The nestling is similarly coloured, 

 but the white parts are strongly suffused with yellow, 

 and the dusky mark on the breast is absent. 



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