TITMOUSE. 247 



the singularity of the bill, it appears extraordinary how the bird 

 could have subsisted ; it was, however, in good condition. 



B. — La Mesange grise a joues blanches, Levail. Afr. iii. pi. 139. 1. 



In this the bill is grey brown ; head, neck, chin, and throat, 

 black, passing down the middle of the breast in a streak ; at the 

 nape a white spot ; from the gape a streak of white passes under the 

 eye, and growing broader, finishes on the ears in an irregular roundish 

 patch ; plumage in general, on the upper parts of the body, slaty 

 blue grey ; quills black, edged with blue grey ; belly, sides, and 

 under wing coverts, rosy white ; tail rounded, the three outer feathers 

 white, the others black ; the wings reach to the middle of the tail ; 

 legs lead-colour. 



Inhabits Batavia, in the Isle of Java ; and seems so much allied 

 to the first species, as to make one suppose it a mere Variety. 



2 —BLUE TITMOUSE. 



Parus caeruleus, Ind. Orn. ii. 566. Lin. i. 341. Faun. suec. No. 267. Gm. Lin. i. 

 100S. Scop, i. No. 244. Midler, No. 2S5. Kramer, 379. 3. Frisch, t. 14. Raii, 

 74. A. 4. Will. 175. t. 43. Bris. iii. 544. Id. 8vo. i. 462. Klein, 85. 3. /(/. 

 Stem. 16. t. 17. f 10. a. b. Id. Ov. p. 29. t. 4. f. 10. Faun. arag. p. 90. Sepp, 

 Vog. t. p. 45. Borowsk. iii. 180. 4. Gerin. iv. t. 376. 1. Nat. 3Iisc. t. 138. 

 Tern. Man. d'Orn. 168. Id. Ed. ii. 289. 



La Mesange bleue, Buf. v. 413. PL ml. 3. f. 2. Hist. Frov. i. 515. 



Blaumeise, Gunth, t. 66. Wirsing, t. 32. Naturf. xvii. 107. 



Parozolino, o Fratino, Zinnan. Uov. 76. t. 11. f. 68. 



Blue Titmouse, Gen. Syn.'vr. 543. Br. Zool. i. No. 163. pi. 57. 2. Id.fol. 114. t. 

 W. f. 5. Id. Ed. 1812. i. p. 524. pi. 64. 2. Arct. Zool. ii. p. 427. D. Collinses 

 Birds, pi, 9. f. 3. 4. Albin, i. pi. 47. Will. Engl. 242. t. 43. Hayes, pi. 38. 

 Shaw's Zool. x. p. 40. Bewick, i. pi. p. 239. Lewin, iii. pi. 120. Donov. pi. 

 57. Walcot, ii. pi. 245. Pult. Dors. p. 10. Orn. Diet. Graves, Br. Orn. 



LENGTH four inches and a half, extent seven, weight three 

 drachms. Bill dusky ; irides hazel ; crown of the head blue, sides 

 white ; from the bill, through the eyes, a narrow line of black, 



