CRESTED TITMOUSE. 201 



Adult Male. Plate XXXIX. Fig 1. 



Bill short, straight, rather robust, compressed, acute ; both mandi- 

 bles, with the dorsal outline arched, the upper slightly declinate at the 

 tip. Nostrils basal, roundish, concealed by the recumbent feathers. 

 Head large. Neck and body robust. Feet of ordinary length, rather 

 robust ; tarsus compressed, anteriorly scutellate, a little longer than the 

 middle toe ; outer toe slightly united at the base, hind one much stronger ; 

 claws rather large, much compressed, arched, acute. 



Plumage blended, tufty ; feathers of the upper part of the head elon- 

 gated into a crest. Wings of moderate length, the second, third, and 

 fourth quills nearly equal and longest. Tail long, even, of ten rather 

 narrow, rounded feathers. 



BiU black. Iris dark brown. Feet lead-colour. The general co- 

 lour of the upper parts is a dull leaden blue ; the forehead black ; sides 

 of the head lighter, and tinged with brown. Under parts greyish-white, 

 sides tinged with yellowish-brown. 



Length 6^ inches, extent of wings 9 ; bill along the ridge ^, along 

 the gap 5 ; tarsus y^, middle toe f . 



Adult Female. Plate XXXIX. Fig. 2. 



The female hardly differs from the male in external appearance, be- 

 ing equally crested, and having the same tints. 



The White Pine. 



PiNUS Sthobus, Willd. Sp. Plant, vol. iv. p. 501. Pursh, Flor. Amer. vol. ii. p. 644. 

 Mich. Arb. Forest, de TAmer. Sept. vol. L p. 104. PL x.— MoNfficiA Mona- 

 DELPHIA, Linn. ConiferjE, Juss. 



This species, which is a true Pine, has the leaves very slender, five 

 together, with very short sheaths, and is further characterized by its cy- 

 lindrical, pendulous cones, which are longer than the leaves, and have 

 their scales lax. It grows in rich soil, in all parts of the United States 

 from Canada to Virginia, and affords the best timber for masts, as well 

 as for other purposes. In Britain, where it has long been planted, it is 

 generally known by the name of Weymouth Pine, or Lord Weymouth's 

 Pine, from the name of the nobleman who introduced it. 



