204 BRITISH BIRDS. 



THE COAL TITMOUSE. 



(Pants . Lfci'y Linn. Mcsaitgc petite charboniiicrc, 

 TemmO 



THIS bird weighs only two drachms; length four 

 inches. Bill black, as are the head, throat, and 

 part of the breast; from the corner of the bill, on 

 each side, an irregular patch of white passes under 

 the eyes, extending to the sides of the neck; a spot 

 of the same occupies the hinder part of the head 

 and neck; the back and all the upper parts are 

 greenish ash; wing coverts tipped with white, 

 which forms two bars across the wing; under parts 

 reddish white: legs lead colour; tail somewhat 

 forked at the end. This species frequents hilly 

 woods, particularly those of the pine and fir, build- 

 ing in hollow trees, and laying eight or ten eggs of 

 a pure white, with a few reddish spots. 



