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CAPE TITMOUSE. 



upper parts of the body pale ash-coloured red, 

 variegated with brown : quills pale brown : under 

 parts of the body pale rufous grey : two middle 

 tail-feathers black ; the others similar in colour to 

 the back, with a square white spot about the mid- 

 dle : legs dusky : claws black. 



CAPE TITMOUSE. 

 (Parus capensis.) 



Pa. cinereo-griseuSf remigibus nigris albo marginatis, cauda nigra 

 suhtiis alba. 



Ash-coloured grey Titmouse, with the quills black margined 



with white ; tail black, beneath white. 

 Parus capensis. Gmel, Syst, Nat, 1. 1011. — Lath, Ind. Orn. 2. 



5/0. 22. 



La Mesange du Cap de Bonne Esperance. Sonner, Voy, Ind, 



2.206.^.115. 

 Le petit Deuil. Buff, Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. 4^i5. 

 Cape Titmouse. Lath. Gen. Syn, 4. 552. IQ. 



Beak black : irides red : the head, neck, back, 

 belly, and wing-coverts, pale ash-coloured grey : 

 quills black, with white edges : tail black above, 

 white beneath : legs black. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope ; and makes 

 a nest of a cottony substance, which is placed in 

 the thickest shrubs : it is the shape of a short- 

 necked bottle ; the neck of the nest is narrow, and 

 on the outside there is a sort of additional nest for 

 the male, whilst the female is sitting. 



