LOPHOPHANES CRISTATUS. 
(CRESTED TITMOUSE.) 
Parus cristatus, Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 97 (1761). 
Lophophanes cristatus, Kaup, Natiirl. Syst. p. 92 (1829). 
Parus mitratus, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 467 (1831). 
Mésange huppée, French; Haubenmeise, German; Tofsmes, Swedish; Topmeise, Norwegian ; 
Capuchino, Spanish. 
L. supra griseo-brunneus, uropygio magis brunnescente: capitis plumis densis, fronte et capitis lateribus albis 
paullo griseo mixtis: pileo summo conspicue cristato, plumis occipitalibus maxime elongatis, nigris albo 
marginatis: linea post oculos ducta regionem paroticam marginante, nigra: genis et colli lateribus 
albis, his dorsum versus nigro circumdatis: gutture toto nigro: subtus albescens, hypochondriis 
fulvescentibus: rostro nigro: pedibus plumbeis: iride brunnea. 
Head very much crested, the occipital feathers elongated and lanceolate; forehead and sides of the head 
white, slightly mottled with grey; a line of black extending from the back of the eye and running 
behind the ear-coverts; feathers of the crown black edged with white; cheeks and sides of the neck 
pure white, forming a crescent-like demicollar; throat black, widening out on the breast and diverging 
thence round the neck, encircling the white, and thus forming a circlet of black from the nape to the 
breast ; general colour of the upper surface greyish brown, verging into rufous on the rump; quills and 
tail darker brown above, greyish underneath; under surface of the body white, tinged with fulvous, 
which latter colour is deeper on the flanks; bill black; feet lead-colour ; iris brown. 
Young birds are similar to the adult, but have shorter crests. 
Tuer Crested Titmouse is essentially an inhabitant of pine and fir forests, and, except during the 
season of migration, is never found away from them. Its habitat is extensive, ranging from the 
Mediterranean far into Northern Scandinavia, and from the extreme west of Europe probably as 
far to the east as the Ural. Only a few instances are on record of its occurrence in the south of 
England. In Scotland, however, in particular localities, it is not by any means rare. Mr. J. A. 
Harvie Brown writes to us as follows:—‘‘I have received the birds from the Spey. Hight birds 
were sent to Edinburgh by Mr. Macpherson Grant, jun., for preservation, two of which were 
given to me. This was in March 1864. I know of a second locality on the Spey where they 
breed, and where I hope to take eggs this year. I have no practical knowledge of the bird’s 
habits, as I have never yet had an opportunity of visiting their breeding-haunts.” 
Mr. A. G. More (Ibis, 1865, p. 120) says: — 
“The Rey. Geo. Gordon tells me that it breeds at Abernethy, on the Spey; and Mr. Dunbar 
describes it as plentiful in the woods of Castle Grant, in Inverness-shire; Montagu had already 
seen it from the forest of Glenmoor,—all three localities being situated close together on the 
confines of the counties of Inverness, Elgin, and perhaps extending to Aberdeenshire and Banff. 
Further north the bird has been seen on the Findhorn, and it nests regularly in Ross-shire.” 
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