816 Birds. 



The greater Tit, Parus major. Very common : lives in families. 



The marsh Tit, Parus palustris. Common, and lives in families. 

 Prefers the neighbourhoood of water. 



The crested Tit, Parus cristatus. Local and very scarce, found in 

 some wild and uncultivated parts of the country. 



The blue Tit, Parus cceruleus. Very common : gregarious. 



The Nuthatch, Sitta Europcea. Lives in pairs or small families. 

 Regular passage in spring and autumn. 



The Creeper, Certhia familiar is. Common : lives in pairs. 



The Wren, Troglodytes Europceus. Very common. 



The Kingfisher, Alcedo ispida. Common : resorts in winter to the 

 rivers and streams which remain unfrozen. 



The green Woodpecker, Picus viridis. Common. 



The greater Woodpecker, Picus major. Common in our forests in 

 summer ; all over the country in spring and autumn. 



The ring Dove, Columba Palumbus. Common : congregates in 

 vast flocks in winter, and leaves the country when the season is un- 

 commonly cold. 



The rock Dove, Columba Livia. Domesticated ones often return 

 to the wild state, and nestle in rocks and ruins. 



The Partridge, Perdix cinerea. Common in cultivated parts of the 

 country. 



The Capercaillie, Tetrao Urogallus. Scarce, only found in the fo- 

 rest of Hertogenwald, near Verviers. 



The black Grouse, Tetrao Tetrix. Same locality as the last, and 

 some parts of Luxembourg. 



The Tetrao Bonasia. More seldom met with than the 



preceding species. Inhabits the wildest parts of the country towards 

 the Prussian frontier. 



Julian Deby. 

 Lacken, December 12, 1844. 



(To be continued). 



Food of Birds, 8$c in Confinement. By the Rev. C. A. Bury, B.A. 



We may consider it, I am afraid, as a settled point, it is so with 

 me, at least, that the natural food of a species is not to be learned 

 from the practices of individuals in confinement. T have known 

 instances not a few of both birds and quadrupeds feeding, when in 

 confinement, on apparently very unnatural food. I have now in my 



