﻿TITMOUSE.. 



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Parus Hudfonicusj orHudfon's Bay Titmoufe, Ph. Tranf. vol. lxiv. p. 403. 24. 



(Fcrpr.)-Ara.ZooL . HUDSON'S BAY 



ENGTH five inches one-eighth; breadth feven inches; Description. 



weight half an ounce. Bill black : the head is ferruginous 



brown : beneath the eyes a white ftreak : throat black, the 



blacknefs paffing under the white ftreak : back greenifh afh- 



colour : bread and belly white : fides of the belly ferruginous : 



wings brown ; quills edged with cinereous : tail two inches and 



a half long ; a little rounded at the end ; coloured as the quills : 



rump rufous white- All the feathers of this bird are long and 



loofe, and of a black colour at the bafe, being only tipped of the 



colours above-mentioned : the legs are black ; the middle and 



hind claws twice as long as the others. The male and female. 



are alike. 



Inhabits Hadfon's Bay, where it braves the fevered winters. Place akw 



Dr. Forfter informs us, that it breeds about our fettlements there, 



and lays five eggs. It is frequent about Juniper-bu dies, and is 



called by the natives Peche-ke-ke-JhiJh. " 



25. 



HEADED T.'. 

 Pl. LV. 

 ENGTH four inches and a half. Bill fmall, pale,, and Description.. 

 furnifhed with a few weak bridles at the bafe : the head 

 very full of feathers, appearing very difproportionate to the fize 

 of the bird : the head, neck, and back, dufky black : on the 

 forehead, jud over the bill, a fpot of white : on the wing a bar 

 of white: the bread is orange; the red of the under part buff 

 y.ellow, with a mixture of black on the thighs : the tail is long, 



and. 



