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TITMOUSE. 



GENUS LI— TITMOUSE. 



1 Great Titmouse 



13 Bearded 



27 Knjaescik 



A Cross-billed 



14 Siberian 



28 New Zealand 



B Var. 



15 Eastern 



29 Great-headed 



2 Blue 



16 Penduline 



A Var. 



3 Crested 



17 Languedoc 



30 Indian 



4 Cole 



18 Alpine 



A Var. 



5 Japan 



19 Cape 



31 Chinese 



6 Javan - 



20 Pinc-pinc 



32 Rufous-headed 



7 Marsh 



21 Amorous 



33 Gilded 



8 Canada 



22 Mountain 



34 Scarlet-headed 



9 Louisiane 



23 Black-breasted 



35 Hudsonian 



10 Norway 



24 Black 



36 Toupet 



11 Lugubrous 



25 Grey 



37 Virginian 



12 Long-tailed 



26 Azure 



38 Guiana 



JtSlLL straight, a little compressed, strong, hard, and sharp-pointed. 



Nostrils round, and for the most part covered with reflected 

 bristles. 



Tongue cut off at the end, and terminated with bristles. 



Toes divided to the origin ; back toe very large, and strong. 



The food in general is insects, fruits, and seeds. A few of the 

 species greedy after flesh, especially when fat; are restless, and by 

 no means timid ; some of them, particularly the first, attacking birds 

 three times their own size, frequently killing such as are weaker than 

 themselves; and in that case, or finding one already dead, peck a 

 hole in the skull, and feast on the brains. Are in general fruitful ; 

 some of the species said to lay as many as 20 eggs, or even more ; but 

 we believe, if true, that this is not a common circumstance. 



