5 28 LONG TAILED TITMOUSE. Clafs II; 



as are thofe immediately incumbent on the tail. The 

 covert feathers of the wings are black : the fecondary 

 and quil-feathers are dufky, the larged of the latter 

 are wholly fo ; the leffer and more remote have their 

 exterior fides edged with white. The tail is the 

 longed in proportion to the bulk of any Britifh bird, 

 being in length three inches •, the form of it is like 

 that of a magpie, confiding of twelve feathers of un- 

 equal lengths, the middlemod the longed, thofe on 

 each fide growing gradually diorter; the exterior 

 fides, and the top of the interior fides of the three 

 outmod feathers are white •, the red of the tail black. 

 The cheeks and throat are white: the bread and 

 whole under fide white, with a cad of red. The legs, 

 feet and claws are black. 



It forms its ned with great elegance, of an oval 

 {hape, and about eight inches deep ; near the upper 

 end is a hole for admiffion : the external materials 

 are modes and lichens, curioufly interwoven with 

 wool ; within it is lined very warmly with a thick 

 bed of feathers : it lays from ten to feventeen eggs. 

 The young follow the parents the whole winter ; and 

 from the dimnefs of their bodies, and great length of 

 tail, appear, while flying, like fo many darts cutting 

 the air. 



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