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been lately observed in Scotland, once in a considerable 
flock.” Dr. Latham, in the second Supplementary volume 
to his General Synopsis, says, ‘‘ We have heard of this 
species being plentiful in some parts of Scotland, especially 
in the pine forests, from whence I have received a speci- 
men, now in my possession.” Colonel Montagu, in his 
Ornithological Dictionary, says, ‘‘it is not uncommon 
amongst the large tracts of pines in the north of Scotland, 
particularly in the forest of Glenmoor, the property of 
the Duke of Gordon, from whence we have seen it.” In 
a note to the history of this species in the British Orni- 
thology of Mr. Selby, it is stated, “‘ Sir William Jardine 
informs me that this bird has been found in some planta- 
tions not far distant from Glasgow, where it annually 
breeds.” Thomas Macpherson Grant, Esq. of Edinburgh, 
who has favoured me with notes of his own observations 
on birds in the eastern counties of Scotland, says, “I 
possess one preserved specimen of the Crested Tit, shot 
by myself, and seen im considerable numbers ;” and F. W. 
Bigge, Esq. of Hampton Court, whose name I have quoted 
in the article on White’s Thrush, at page 193, informs me 
that in the summer of 1837, he observed several examples 
of this species in the pass of Killiecrankie. 
The Crested Tit inhabits Denmark, Sweden, and the 
more temperate parts of Russia. M. Nilsson, the Swedish 
naturalist, says it remains in that country all the year, 
inhabiting the pine forests, building in holes in trees, and 
feeding on insects in their different stages, and on the 
small seeds of various evergreens. It inhabits the forests 
of Germany, and the fir-covered mountains of Switzer- 
land ; it is also found in Lorraine and Provence. Bech- 
stein says it inhabits all the pme woods of Thuringia ; 
and Mr. Hoy, who has had opportunities of observing 
