PLAT E LXEXEX, 
‘The opinion of Mr. Latham in this particular deferves attention 
alfo; he fays, ‘¢ it is much to be feared that the Marth Titmoufe is 
not a diftinét fpecies; moft probably a mere variety of the Cole- 
moufe.” Gen. Syn. vol. 4. 
In the Supplement to the General Synopfis of Birds, Mr. Latham has 
added the following account under the head Mars Tirmovse. 
© In my Synopfis it has not appeared clear to me, whether the Coke- 
moufe and this were different {pecies. I find it to be the opinion of 
Sepp, that they form but one, being both figured in the fame plates 
as male and female. In one of them is a {pot of white on the hind 
head, and the fides of the head are white: the throat black. The 
other has the top of the head wholly black, and the black fpot of the 
throat wanting. The neft feems here compofed of fedge, mixed 
with large cat’s-fail, lined with down and feathers: furnifhed with 
five white eggs, mottled with red brown. 
The Colemoufe appears to be lefs injurious in gardens and orchards 
than others of the fame genus: it is alfo lefs numerous, and generally 
inhabits woods. The length is four inches. It is found throughout 
Europe and in America. 
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