^o 0^3\ClTH0L0gX Book II. 



Chap. XXL 

 * Tloe &rajilian Japacani of Marggretve y 



IS a Bird of the bignefs of the Bemtere or Schanepue : Hath a black, oblong, Iharp- 

 pointed Bill, bending a little downward : Golden Eyes, with a black Pupil. The 

 Head is covered with black feathers. The Neck above, the Back and Wings 

 with feathers of a colour mixt of black and limber. The Tail above is black, under- 

 neath fpotted with white. The Breaft, all the lower Belly and Thighs have their 

 Plumage mixt of white and yellow, interwoven with tranfverfe black lines or ftrakes. 

 The Legs are dusky. Four Toes in each placed after the ufual manner, furnifhed 

 with (harp, black Claws. 



Chap. XXII. 

 Of Titmice : De Paris. 



I. I. 



Of Titmice in general 



f^w^Itmiceavea. fort of fmall birds, that are found for the mod part about trees, 

 and live chiefly upon Infects which they find there. Turner writes, that they 

 -*- feed not only upon Worms, but alio Hemp-feed and Nuts, which they per- 

 forate with their {harp Bills. Some of thefe build in holes of trees: Others make 

 Nefts of an Oval figure, with a hole left open in the fide to go in and Out at. They are 

 reftlefs birds, never fitting long ftill in a place, but flitting from bough to bought and 

 from tree to tree. They have fhort Bills, but bigger for the bulk of their bodies than 

 the precedent fmall birds: Small bodies, and long Tails. The moft of them are ca- 

 norous : But all of them multiparous, laying many Eggs ere they fit. Titmice are 

 called by Arijiotle, 'AiyiSttAot. The Germans, as well as we Englijh, call them Mice, 

 either becaufe like Mice they creep into the holes of trees, or becauie (as Gejher 

 writes ) they will feed upon flaid Mice offered them : Which to us feems not likely. 

 Of thefe we haveobferved in England five kinds, viz. I. The great Titmoufe^ or Oxe- 

 eye. 1. The Colemoufe. 3. The Marfi-Titmoufe or Blackcap. 4. The blue Titmeufe 

 or Nun. 5. " 5 he long-tail' d-Titmoufe. The crefted Titmoufe and Wood Titmoufe of 

 Gefner, we h ve not yet found in England. 



§. 11. 



The greatTitmoufe or Ox-eye : Fringillago feu parus major : 'A/y «$»*.©« 

 cmQons of Arijiotle. 



IT is well nigh as big as a Chaffinch : Of fcarce an ounce weight : From tip of Bill 

 to end of Tail half a foot long 5 from tip to tip of the Wings expanded nine inches 

 broad. Its Bill is ftreight, black, half an inch long, and of a moderate thicknefs. Both 

 Mandibles of equal length. The Tongue broad, ending in four filaments. The 

 Feet of a lead or blue colour. The outmoft Toes below for fome lpace joyned to the 

 middlemoft. 



The Head and Chin are black. From the corner of the mouth on each fide below 

 the Eyes a broad white line or fpot palling backward takes up the cheeks. This 

 white is encompafled with black. In the hinder part of the Head is another white 

 fpot, terminated on one fide with the black of the Head, on the other with the yellow 

 of the Neck. [In the Bird that I ( J. R. ) defcribed I obferved not this fpot, and 

 perchance in feveral birds the colours may vary fbmewhat. ] The Neck, Shoulders, 

 and middle of the Back are of a yellowifh green. The Rump is blue : The Breaft, 

 Belly, and Thighs are yellow : Yet the lower or hindmoft part of the Belly white. A 

 broad, black fine reaching from the Throat to the Vent divides the Breaft and Belly in 



twain. 



