TITMOUSE. 245 



1— GREAT TITMOUSE. 



Parus major, Ind. Orn. ii. 562. Lin. i. 341. Faun. suec. No. 265. Chn. Lin.'i. 1000. 



Scop. i. No. 242. Brun. No. 287. Muller, No. 283. Kramer, 378. Georgi, 



175. Sc/i«?/: e/. t. 52. Klein, 84. 1. Id. stem. 16. t. 17. f. 8. a. b. Frisch, t. 13. 



Faun. arag. 90. 1. Sepp, Vog. t. p. 113. Raii, 73. A. 1. Wz7/. 174. t. 43. Bris. 



iii. 539. 1. Id. 8vo. i. 461. Borowsk. iii. 180. Gerin. iv. 377. 2. 2Va«. Mwc. 



pi. 201. Tern. Man. d'Orn. 166. Id. Ed. ii. 287. 

 La grosse Mesange, ou Charbonniere, Buf. v. 392. pi. 17. PI. enl. 3. f. 1 Robert, 



Ic. pi. 3. t. 18. 

 Spemuzzola, Olin. Uc. t. p. 28. 

 Kohlmeise, Wirs. Vog. t. 10. Gunth. N.u. Ey. t. 19. — lower fig. Naturf. xvii. 107. 



Schmid, Vog. p. 84. t. 70. 

 Great Titmouse, or Ox-Eye, Gen. Syn. iv. 536. Br. Zool. i. No. 162. Id.fol. 113. 



pi. W. f. 4. Id. Ed. 1812= i. p. 532. pi. 64. 1. Arct. Zool. ii. 425. A. Will. 



Engl. 240. pi. 43. Albin, i. pi. 46. Collins' s Birds, pi. 7. t. 4. & pi. 5. f. 8. 



Hayes's Birds, pi. 38. Shaiv's Zool. x. p. 37. Bewick, Birds, i. pi. p. 237. 



Lewin, Birds, iii. pi. 117. Walcot, Birds, ii. pi. 244. Donov. Birds, pi. 69. 



Pult. Dorset, p. 10. Orn. Diet. Graves, Br. Orn. 



THIS well known species is in length five inches and three 

 quarters, breadth eight inches and a half, and weight about an ounce. 

 Bill black ; irides dusky ; cheeks white ; back and wings olive- 

 green ; belly greenish yellow ; down the middle an irregular stripe 

 of black, dividing it into two parts, quite to the vent; rump blue 

 grey ; quills dusky, edged with grey ; the greater wing coverts 

 tipped with white, forming a bar on the wing; tail dusky black, the 

 outer feathers white on the outside, but the others are blue grey ; 

 legs lead-colour. 



This is a very common bird in England, where it is found 

 throughout the year; frequent in gardens in the autumn, and winter, 

 retiring to the woods to breed. It makes the nest of moss and hair, 

 chiefly in the hollows of trees, sometimes in the ruins of old build- 

 ings, and lays from six to eight eggs, sometimes more ; these are 

 white, spotted with rust-colour, mostly at the large end : the family, 

 after hatching, keep together till the next spring, when they separate 



