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MARSH TITMOUSE. Class II. 



Marsh. Panis palustris. P. capite ni- 

 gro, dorso cinereo, tempori- 

 bus albis. Lath. lnd. orn. 

 565. id. Syn. iv. 541. id. 

 Sup. i. I89. 



Parus palustris. Gesner av. 

 641. 



Paronzino. Aldr. av. ii. 32. 



Marsh Titmouse, or Black- 

 cap. Wil. orn. 241. 



Rati Syn. av. 73. 



Frattino palustre. Zinmt. 77- 



La Mesan°;e de Marais ou la 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



Nonette cendree. Brisson 



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



403. PL Enl.3.f.3. 

 P. palustris. Gm. Lin. IOO9. 

 Entita, Tomlinge. Faun. Suec. 



sp. 269. Scopoli, No. 246 

 Asch Meise (Ash Titmouse). 



Frisch, i. 13. 

 Hundsmeise. Kram. 379- 

 Norvegis Graae-Meise. Brun- 



nich. 190. 

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



Arct. Zool. ii. 125. 



J- HIS species is called by Gesner the 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 maoazine of seeds against times of want. 



Mr. JVillughby 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 wines.* This last distinction does 



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

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



