﻿TITMOUSE, 



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Parus eriftatus, Lin. Sjifi. i. p. 340. N° 2. — Scof. ann. i. p. 162. 243. ■»■ 12. 



Kram. el. p. 379. N° 2. — £«« §>». p. 74. N° 6. — itf*//«-, p. 34. CRESTED T. 



N° z%z.—Georgi Rei/e, p. 175. — Fri/ch. t. 14. 

 Le Mefange huppee, Brif, orn. iii. p. 558. N° 8. -—Buf. oif. v. p. 447. — 



PI. enl. 502. f. 2. 

 Crefted Titmoufe, Raii Syn. p. 74. N° 6. — .<#£/*. ii. pi. 57. — /if*//, «•«. 



p. 242. t. 43. — ArEi. Zool. 



Br. Muf. 



CI ZE of the Blue Titmoufe: weighs one third of an ounce : Description 



length four inches and three quarters. Bill five lines and a 

 half, and blackifh : the forehead and fides of the head are white : 

 the top of the head is adorned with long feathers, of a black co- 

 lour, margined with white, which, when elevated, form a beauti- 

 ful creft, pointed at the top : the chin and throat are black, from 

 which pafies a line of black to the hind head, bounding the 

 white on the cheeks at the under part : on, the ears an irregular 

 fpot of black : the upper parts of the body, wings, and tail, are 

 rufous grey ; the two laft deepeft : the under parts of the body 

 white : the fides have a rufous tinge : the legs lead-colour. 



This bird is found in many parts of France, efpecially in Nor- Place and 

 mandy* } and in many parts between that and Sweden. It is in Manners. 

 the deep forefts that it is chiefly met with, and efpecially among 

 the evergreen trees, infomuch that it is fcented with their refinous 

 odour. It is faid to be fond of folitude -, never mixing with other 

 birds, nor in numbers even with its own fpecies j and will not be 

 tamed ; whence it is little known, except to the few who frequent 

 its place of refidence. It is full as fruitful as the reft of its 

 race. 



* Not met with either about Paris or Orleans, =- Sahrne, p. 216. 

 Vol. II. 4 a Paru* 



