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ORD. III. GEN. XN. TITMOUSE. 



SPE. V. BLUE TITMOUSE. 



PI. 121. 



Parus caeruleus. Lin. Syft. I. p. 341. 



La Mefange bleue. Brif. Orn. III. p. 544. 



This fpecies is fomewhat larger than the preceding. The bill is fhort and 

 blackifh : the crown of the head blue : the forehead and fide of the head white, 

 the latter bounded underneath by a black line : a black line alfo pafles from 

 the bill through the eye : the back is of a yellowifh green : the under parts of 

 the body yellow : the wings and tail blue j the former marked tranfverfely with 

 a white bar : the legs lead colour. 



This bird is very common, and frequently feen in our orchards and gardens, 

 bufily employed in picking off the buds from the trees in fearch of infefts. It 

 makes its neft in the holes of walls or trees, lining it with feathers, and laying 

 a number of white eggs faintly fpotted with red, fomedmes as far as twelve. 

 See PI. XXVII. Fig. 4. 



