COAL TITMOUSE. 



PARUS ATER, Linn. 



Parus ater. Linn. S. N. i. p. 341 (1766) ; Naum. iv. p. 34; 

 Dresser, iii. p. 87. 



Mesange noire, French; Kohlmeise, German. 



This race of Coal-Titmouse is common on many parts 

 of the continent of Europe, but apparently scarce in our 

 islands, in which the Parus britannicus of Messrs. Sharpe 

 and Dresser is the common representative form of the 

 species. 



I give figures of both races ; the latter is locally 

 common and resident in the British Islands. 



