MARSH TITMOUSE. Class II. 



Marsh. Parus palustris. P. capite ni- 

 gro, dorso cinereo, teinpori- 

 bus albis. Lath. Ind. orn. 

 565. id. Sijn. iv. 541. id. 

 Sup. i. I89. 



Parus palustris. Gesner av. 

 64!. 



Paronzino. Aldr. av. ii. 32. 



Marsh Titmouse, or Black- 

 cap. Wil. orn. 241. 



Raii Syn. av. 73. 



Frattino pakislre. Zinan. 77. 



La Mesano;e de Marais ou la 



Nonette cendree. Brisson 



av. iii. 555. Hist, d'ois. v. 



403. PL Enl. 3./. 3. 

 P. palustris. Gm. Lin. lOOQ. 

 Entita, Tomlinge. Faun. Suec. 



sp. 26g. Scopoli, No. 246 

 Asch Meise (Ash Titmouse). 



Frisch, i. 13. 

 Hundsmeise. Kram. 379- 

 Norvegis Graae-Meise. Bnm- 



nich. igO. 

 Br. Zool. 114. plate W. f. 3- 



Arct. Zool. ii. 125. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



J- HIS species is called by Gesner ihe marsh 

 titmouse ; because it frequents wet places. 

 With us it inhabits woods, and seldom infests 

 our gardens : early in February it emits two 

 notes, not unlike the whetting of a saw. It is 

 said to be a great enemy to bees, and to lay up 

 a magazine of seeds against times of want. 



Mr. TViUughbif observes, that this bird differs 

 from the former in these particulars, 1st, that 

 it is bigger ; 2d, that it wants the white spot on 

 the head ; 3d, it has a larger tail ; 4th, its under 

 side is white ; 5th, it has less black under the 

 chin ; 6th, it wants the white spot on the co- 

 verts of the wing's.* This last distinction does 



* Mr. Montagu adds, that its head is of a dull sooty black j 

 tvhile that of the Cole Titmouse is extremely glossy. Ed. 



