178 THE BIRDS OF NEW JERSEY. 



the first of November to the middle of March, especially 

 near the coast. 



Their cry is a weak dee- dee when flushed or when 

 on the wing. 



Their food consists of insects and the larvae of insects. 



Titmouse, Tufted or Crested Tit. Length, six 

 inches; extent, seven and a half inches; bill, half an 

 inch long, black; a sharply-pointed and high crest 

 on the head. The color of the plumage on the upper 

 parts is blue gray, the tail and tips of the wings be- 

 ing darker; the under parts are white, tinged with ashy, 

 the sides washed with rusty brown; feet, lead-colored. 



The nests are built in hollow stumps, abandoned Wood- 

 pecker holes and occasionally in bird boxes, and are made 

 of leaves, moss and bark and lined with feathers and 

 hair. The eggs are from five to eight in number, cream 

 colored with brown spots, and seven-tenths by one-half 

 an inch in size. 



The birds breed and are distributed from the middle of 

 New Jersey southward and are very numerous in the 

 southern part of this state. 



Mr. Nehrling compares their song to hee-dle-dee-dle-dee- 

 dle-dee, and a,t other times peto-peto-peto-daytee-daytee. 



Their food consists of the larvae of insects. 



Towhee. See Chewink. 

 Torchbird. See Blackburnian Warbler. 

 Tramp. See English Sparrow. 

 Tri'cotor. See Red-headed Woodpecker. 



Turnstone^ Caticoback, or Brant Bird. Length, 

 nine and a half inches; extent, nineteen inches; bill, one 

 inch long; head, white, the crown streaked with black; 

 sides and front of the neck, black; chin and throat, white; 



