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  THE 
  VE 
  ETE 
  BE 
  ATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  "DEE." 
  

  

  Family 
  PANURIDiE. 
  

   Genus 
  PANURUS, 
  Koch. 
  

  

  Panurus 
  biarmicus, 
  Linn. 
  Bearded 
  Titmouse. 
  

  

  [It 
  is 
  recorded 
  in 
  the 
  Zoologist, 
  3rd 
  Ser., 
  p. 
  1255, 
  that 
  a 
  

   bearded 
  Tit 
  was 
  shot 
  in 
  Aberdeenshire 
  by 
  T. 
  Edward.] 
  

  

  An 
  individual 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  was 
  killed 
  in 
  the 
  garden 
  at 
  

   Rothienorman 
  by 
  the 
  gamekeeper 
  there 
  in 
  1865, 
  and 
  was 
  

   given 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Davidson 
  of 
  Wartle, 
  who 
  informs 
  me 
  by 
  letter 
  

   that 
  he 
  gave 
  it 
  to 
  a 
  gentleman 
  " 
  some 
  time 
  ago." 
  

  

  Family 
  PARID/E. 
  

   Genus 
  ACREDULA, 
  Koch. 
  

  

  Acredula 
  caudata, 
  Linn. 
  Long-tailed 
  Titmouse. 
  

  

  Resident 
  ; 
  not 
  generally 
  abundant, 
  though 
  it 
  breeds. 
  This 
  

   species 
  is 
  rather 
  erratic 
  in 
  its 
  habits. 
  In 
  some 
  seasons 
  it 
  is 
  

   fairly 
  abundant 
  ; 
  while 
  in 
  others 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  almost 
  entirely 
  

   absent 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  locality. 
  

  

  Genus 
  PARUS, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  Parus 
  major, 
  Linn. 
  Great 
  Titmouse. 
  

  

  Common 
  throughout 
  " 
  Dee," 
  often 
  frequenting 
  gardens, 
  

   where 
  it 
  is 
  credited 
  with 
  doing 
  much 
  mischief 
  to 
  fruit 
  trees. 
  

   That 
  it 
  does 
  commit 
  considerable 
  havoc 
  to 
  the 
  opening 
  buds 
  

   cannot 
  be 
  denied 
  ; 
  but 
  we 
  suspect 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  reach 
  a 
  foe 
  of 
  the 
  

   gardener's, 
  which 
  he 
  himself 
  is 
  powerless 
  to 
  resist, 
  and 
  which, 
  

   but 
  for 
  the 
  bird, 
  might 
  destroy 
  the 
  whole 
  crop. 
  

  

  Parus 
  britannicus, 
  Sharp 
  and 
  Dresser. 
  Coal 
  Titmouse. 
  

  

  Abundant 
  ; 
  and 
  breeds 
  throughout 
  the 
  district, 
  producing 
  

   several 
  families 
  in 
  the 
  season. 
  A 
  question 
  regarding 
  the 
  

   habit 
  of 
  this 
  bird 
  has 
  for 
  long 
  presented 
  itself 
  to 
  my 
  mind, 
  

   viz., 
  Does 
  the 
  Coal 
  Tit 
  cause 
  its 
  first 
  young 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  to 
  

   hatch 
  its 
  second 
  clutch 
  of 
  eggs 
  ? 
  The 
  question 
  arose 
  in 
  this 
  

   way. 
  I 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  bank 
  a 
  nest 
  that 
  contained 
  four 
  well-grown 
  

   young 
  which 
  the 
  parent 
  was 
  busily 
  feeding, 
  and 
  under 
  the 
  

   young 
  ones 
  were 
  four 
  newly-laid 
  eggs. 
  To 
  make 
  sure 
  that 
  this 
  

  

  