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CREEPING TITMOUSE. 

 (Parus americanus.) 



Pa, cijerulescenSf temporibus pectore dorsoque Jlavescentibus, hypo-' 



chondriis purpurascentibus. 

 Blue Titmouse, with the temples, breast, and back yellowish, 



sides of the body purplish. 

 Parus americanus. Liyi. Syst. Nat. 1 . 341. 4. — Gmel. Syst, Nat^ 



1. lOOy,— Lath. Lid. Orn. 2. 571. 28. 

 Ficedula carolinensis cinerea. Briss. 3. 522. 66. 

 Creeping Titmouse. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 326,— Lath. Gen. Syn. 



4. 558. 27. 



The Creeping Titmouse is found in various 

 parts of North America : it is the size of the White- 

 throat : the upper mandible of its beak is brown ; 

 the under one yellow : head blue : above and 

 beneath the eye a white spot : upper part of the 

 back yellowish green : rest of the upper parts 

 dusky blue : quills blackish, within white, mar- 

 gined with blueish ash-colour: wing-coverts spotted 

 with white, forming two bands of that colour on 

 the wings : throat yellow : neck with a half collar 

 of a black colour : breast bright yellow : belly 

 white : sides sprinkled with reddish spots : tail 

 dusky black : the two middle feathers blueish 5 the 

 rest margined with the same ; the two outer ones 

 with a white spot towards the tip : legs yellowish : 

 female variegated with black and brown. 



