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The Long Tail Titmoufe, Parus caudatus. 



Numb. LVII. 



THE Crown of the Head of this Bird is white ; from the Bill, above the Eyes on each 

 Side round the hinder Part of the Head is a broad black Mark fcolloped on the Top ; 

 the Jaws, Throat, Breaft, and Belly white, varied with fmall dusky Spots ; the Back of a di- 

 lute chefnut Colour fpotted with black ; the quill Feathers black, the outer Edges of the interiour 

 of thefe are white. 



The Tail of this is like that of the Magpie, the outermoft Feathers being the fhorteft, the 

 other in notable Degrees longer to the middlemoft which are the longeft of all •, of |the outermofh 

 Feather on each Side the Top and outer half from the Shafts is white, the next hath lefs white j 

 the third only the outer Part of the Tip white, the reft are wholly black ; the Bill is fhort, ftrong, 

 and black ; the Tongue broad and divided into Filaments •, the Eyes bigger than in other fmall 

 Birds ; the Irides hazel coloured ; the Edges of the Eye-lids yellow ; the Noftrils covered with 

 fmall Feathers, 



The Legs, Feet, and Claws black. It frequents Gardens rather than mountainous Places: 

 It builds like the Wren, or more artficially, making an Arch over the Neft of the fame Matter 

 and Contexture with the reft of the Neft ; fo that the Neft refembles an Egg erefted upon one 

 End, a fmall Hole being left in the Side, whereat the Bird goes in and out. By this Means 

 both Eggs and Young are fecured from the Injuries of the Air, or other Accidents of Wind, 

 Rain, or Cold, and that they may lie foft, Ihe lines the Neft within with Store of Feathers 

 and Down, without ftie builds the Sides and Roof of Mofs, Wool, and Webs, curioufly in^ 

 terwoven together. 



See Aldrovandus in the feventeenth Book, and fixteenth Chapter of his Ornithology. 



The Crejied Tttfnoufe. Parus criflatus. 



THIS hath a pretty fhort big Bill of a dusky Colour ; its Tongue is broad and divided into 

 four Filaments ; its Feet of a lead Colour; the outer Toes for fome Space from their di- 

 varication, joined to the middle one ; the Crown of the Head black, the Edges of the Feathers 

 being white ; at the hinder Part of the Head begins a black Line, which like a Wreath or Collar 

 encompaffes the Neck ; from the lower Mandible of the Bill to this Collar is a black Line pro- 

 duced ; the Sides of the Face and middle of the Neck white intermixt v/ith dusky Feathers j 

 the middle of the Breaft white ; the Sides, lower Belly, and Thighs fomething red ; the Winos 

 and Tail dusky, the Edges of the Feathers of a greenifh white •, the Back of an Olive green. *^ 

 Its Weight was two Drams and a half; it is from the Tip of the Bill to the End of the Tail 

 five Inches long; Breadth, when the Wings were extended, eight Inches and a quarter; the 

 quill Feathers of the Wings are nineteen in Number ; the Tail is compofed of twelve Feathers, 



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