TITMOUSE. 249 



3 —CRESTED TITMOUSE. 



Parus cristatus, Jnd. Orn. ii. p. 567. Lin. i. 340. Faun. suec. No. 266. Gm. Lin. i. 



1005. Scop. i. No. 243. Midler, No .282. Kramer, 379. 2. G'eorg-i, 175. Frisck, 



t. 14. Raii,74. 6. /Fi//. 175. t. 43. Borowsk. iii. 179. 2. £m. iii. 558. J<*. 



8vo. i. 466. Tew. Man. d'Orn. 169. /</. Ed. ii p. 290. 

 La Mesange huppee, Buf. v. 447. PI. enl. 502. 2, 

 Hop-Meise, Gunth.X.h — upper figure. Naturf. xvii. 107. 

 Crested Titmouse, Gere. Syre. iv. p. 545. Id. Sup. ii. 255. Br. Zoot. 1812. i. p. 542. 



Arct. Zool. ii. 427. F. Will. Engl. 242. Albin, ii. pi. 57. Sntuo's Zoo/, x. p. 64. 



Donov. ii. pi. 56. Walcot, ii. pi. 250. On;. Die/. # Sapp. 



SIZE of the last. Bill dusky; i rides hazel ; forehead and sides 

 white; the feathers of the crown black, margined with white, and 

 when elevated, form a beautiful crest, pointed at the top ; chin and 

 throat black, from which passes a line of the same to the hindhead, 

 bounding the white on the cheeks beneath ; on the ears an irregular 

 black spot; upper part of the body, wings, and tail rufous grey, the 

 two last deepest ; under parts white, with a tinge of rufous on the 

 sides ; legs lead-colour. 



Inhabits several parts of France, Germany, and Sweden, but is 

 scarce every where ; found in the west and temperate parts of Russia, 

 but no where in Siberia.* It is chiefly seen in deep forests, among 

 evergreen trees, insomuch that it is scented with their resinous odour ; 

 fond of solitude, not mixing with other birds, or in numbers, even 

 of its own species ; and does not bear confinement, hence it is less 

 known than many others. Said to be found in plenty in some parts 

 of Scotland, especially in the Pine Forests, from whence I have 

 received a specimen ; not uncommon in the Forest of Glenmoor, the 

 property of the Duke of Gordon. We are told that the eggs are 

 white, sometimes as many as ten, spotted with red, and that it makes 

 the nest in the holes of trees, old walls, &c. 



* Fallas's Russian List.— ^-MS, 



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