0RD. III. GEN. XII. TITMOUSE. 



Bill, ftraight, a little comprefled, ftrong, hard, and fharp pointed. 

 Nostrils, round, and covered with briftles reflected over them. 

 Tongue, as if cut off at the end, and terminated by three or four briftles* 

 Toes, divided to their origin : the hind toe very large and ftrong. 



SPECIES I. CRESTED TITMOUSE. 



PI. 1 17. 



Parus Criftatus. Lin. Syji. I. p. 340. 



Le Mefange huppee. Brif. Orn. III. p. 558. 



This bird is in length near five inches, and weighs one third of an ounce. 

 The bill is blackifh : the feathers on the crown of the head black, edged with 

 white, the hinder ones forming a beautiful pointed creft : at the hinder 

 part of the head is a black line, eneompafling the neck, and termi- 

 nating in the throat, which alfo is black: the fide of the neck and head 

 above this black line is white, with an irregular fpot of black behind the ears: 

 the breaft and belly white, with a reddifh tinge at the fides : the upper parts of 

 the body dufky : the quill and tail feathers fomewhat darker, with edges of a 

 lighter hue : the legs lead colour. 



The crefted titmoufe is not a common Britifh bird, but it has been killed in 

 Scotland, and alfo in Yorkfhire. 



