eggs ; they aie white, minutely marked with reddish or yel- 

 lowish dots, most towards the laiger end, and occasionally 

 forming a circle round it. — Plate LXXV'I., Fig. 1. 



PARLS PAU'STRIS. (linn.) 

 Marsh Titmouse. 



The Marsh Titmouse breeds in holes of trees, taking con- 

 siderable pains in hollowing out a suitable cavity for its nest ; 

 it is made with more care than that of the preceding, and is 

 formed of moss, grass, and the soft down of the willow, with 

 which it is also lined. I am not aware that the eggs exceed 

 seven or eight in number ; I have never found more ; they 

 frequently resemble those of the Blue Tit very closely ; the 

 spots are, however, usually larger, and the form rounded and 

 more like eggs of the Willow Wren. — Fig. 2. 



PARUS CAUDATUS. (linn.) 



LONO-TAILED TiTMOUSE, BoTTLB TiT, &C. 



ADMIRABLE and strikingly wonderful, as are the complicated 

 and beautiful constructions of the bright birds of other climes, 

 there are none more surpassingly so than that of the Long- 

 tailed Titmouse ; it is in everyway perfect as the safeguard 

 of the tiny beings that are to be reared under its protecting 

 roof, and fostered by its warmth ; covered in, and defended 

 as it is against every wind that blows, except at the small 



