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AVES. 
BEARDED TiITMOUSE 
Differs from the true ones in the upper mandible of the beak, 
the end of which is slightly bent upon the other. There is but one 
in France. 
Par. biarmicus, L.; La Moustache; Enl. 618, 1 and 23 Vieill. 
69; Naum. 96. (The Bearded Titmouse.) , Fawn coloured; 
head of the male cinereous, with a black band which surrounds 
the eye, terminating in a point behind. It builds among rushes, 
and is found, though rarely, throughout the whole of the eastern 
continent. 
Remiz. 
The beak more slender and pointed than that of the common 
Titmouse, and there is generally more art displayed in the construc- 
tion 
The 
and 
into 
of its nest. There is but one found in France. 
Par. pendulinuss Le Remiz; Enl. 618, 3; Vieill. 70; Naum. 
79. Cinereous; wings and tail brown; a black band on the fore- 
head, which, in the male, is continued to behind the eyes. 
This little bird, inhabiting the south and east of Europe, is 
celebrated for the pretty, purse-shaped nest, formed of the 
down from the poplar and willow, and lined with feathers, 
which it suspends to the flexile branches of aquatic trees.(1) 
Emperiza, Lin. 
Buntings have a very distinct character in their conical, short 
straight beak, the upper mandible of which is narrow, sinks 
the lower, and has a projecting, hard tubercle on the palate. 
They are granivorous, and unsuspicious birds, which run into every 
snare that is laid for them. 
E. citrinella, L.; Bruant commun; Enl. 30, 13 Naum. 102, 1, 
2. (The Yellow Bunting.) Fawn coloured back, spotted with 
black; head and all the under part of the body yellow; the 
inner edge of the two external quills of the tail, white. It 
builds in hedges, and approaches our dwellings in winter, in 
numberless flocks, along with the Finches, &c. 
E. cia, L.; Bruant fous; Enl. 30, 2; Naum. 104, 1,2. (The 
Foolish Bunting.) Differs from the preceding, in being reddish- 
(1) Parus narbonensis (Enl. 708, 1) appears to be the female of the pendulinus; 
add, 
the Parus capensis, (Sonner. Voy. Ul, pl. cxii,) whose nest, made of cotton 
and shaped like a bottle, has a kind of spout on the edge of the neck, for the male 
to perch on. 
