THE OOLOGIST 81 
Notes On Four European Members of 
The Genus Baeolophus, 
Parus Major, Great Titmouse. 
Head and throat black; cheeks and a 
patch on the naple white; back, rump 
and tail coverts olive green; scapu- 
lars dark olive green; primaries and 
secondaries bluish black, outlined 
with bluish white; shoulder bright 
side my window and here they find an 
abundance of food. The song is sub- 
ject to great variation, indeed, I do 
not ever remember watching a flock 
of this species without hearing some 
new variation of their usual “Seetira! 
Seetira! Seetira!’”’ or their inhospi- 
table ‘‘Git-a-long! Git-a-long! Git!” 
In summer the Great Tit is to be 
No. 42 Nest of Black headed Gull in Valley of the Rhone, Apr. 4, 1910. 
Photo by Paul G. Howes. 
blue; one white wing bar; tail feathers 
dusky, the outer ones partly white; un- 
der parts bright yellow, divided in the 
center by a black line from chin to 
vent. Length six inches. Resident. 
The Great Tit is the largest of the 
tribe as well as the commonest here 
at Vevey. Hordes of them make daily 
visits: to the cypress trees just out- 
sought in the heavily wooded sections 
of the country where it builds its 
nest of moss, fibers and feathers, plac- 
ing it in cavities in trees or holes in 
old walls. The six to eight eggs are 
white, specked and blotched with red- 
dish-brown. ; 
Parus britannicus, 
Head, throat and 
Coal Titmouse. 
center of neck 
