CRESTED TITMOUSE. 
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mSESSORES. 
DENTIROSTRES. PARIDJE. 
PLATE LXXX. 
CRESTED TITMOUSE. 
ParUS CRISTATUS. 
The Crested Titmouse, which is distinguished from all 
the other species of the Parus tribe by the fine erect plumage 
that ornaments its head, is a scarce and local bird in this 
country, and confined chiefly to the northern parts of Scot¬ 
land, where it inhabits the most wooded districts. In the 
vast forests of pine and fir, that cover so many parts of the 
north of Europe, this bird is of frequent occurrence : and it 
appears probable that it entirely confines itself to such locali¬ 
ties, as, in our own country, it inhabits fir-covered tracts only. 
It is a hardy bird, and resides, throughout the year, in several 
of the northern countries of Europe, as far north as Sweden, 
where it is a permanent resident. It is an inhabitant of 
many wooded tracts in Russia, Poland, and parts of Germany, 
and is found in Switzerland among the mountain forests, and 
in some of the hilly and wooded parts of France. 
In their habits these birds appear less influenced by the 
successive changes of the seasons than others of their tribe, 
and are, consequently, more stationary ; and their migratory 
flights, when they do take place, more limited. That par¬ 
tial migrations occur is apparent, by the fact of their being 
occasionally seen in spring and autumn, beyond their usual 
forest limits, in plantations and shrubberies. Under such 
