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ORD. III. GEN. XII. TITMOUSE. 



SPE III. COLE TITMOUSE. 



PI. 119. 



Parus ater. Lin. Syft. I. p. 341. 



La Mefange a tete noir. Brif. Orn. III. p. 551. 



This fpecies is four inches in length, and weighs two drams. The bill is 

 black ; the head and throat are black : on the hind part of the head is a white 

 fpot, and a broad band of white partes juft under the eye to the fides of the 

 neck : the back is of a greenifh grey j the rump more green : the tail and 

 wings dufky, the exteriour feathers edged with green : the lefs wing coverts 

 greenifh grey, the greater dufky, and both tipped with white, forming two 

 bands of that colour : the under parts of the body are white, with a rufty tinge : 

 the legs lead colour. The tail is flightly forked. 



This bird is pretty common in our woods, where it makes its neft in the 

 holes of trees. 



For the egg, fee PL XXVII. Fig. 2. 



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