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 Parus palustris. 



Marsh Tit. 



EGG OBSERVED. 



(No records). 



Let mo here take another opportunity of protesting 

 against the unmeaningness of many of our English names. 

 Why should this bird be called the Marsh Tit ? It certainly 

 is not more frequent in damp places than in any others. 



Mr. Bosworth Smith dismisses this species with the fol- 

 lowing short notice — " Its nest has been taken in a pollard 

 willow at Manton." 



To this I am not able to add much information. I have 

 known the nest taken twice in the neighbourhood of 

 Chisledon. 



On the whole I suppose it to be a scarce species with us. 



Parus caudatus. 



Long-tailed Tit. 



LOCAL NAMES. EGG OBSER^^D. 



Long-tailed TitmoiLse. April 24th, 1865. 



Bottle Tom, April 22nd, 1866. 



Bottle Tit. May 7th, 1867. 



Long-tailed Fie. AprH 19th, 1868. 



April 20th, 1869. 

 1870. 



We have now come to the last of the Tits. The Long- 

 tailed Tit, so quiet in its manners, so small, with its furry 



