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CRESTED TITMOUSE. 



ing escaped from the Countess of Albemarle, but 

 it is only from the circumstance above mentioned 

 that the nests are never found : it feeds on seeds 

 and insects. 



CRESTED TITMOUSE. 

 (Parus cristatus.) 



Pa. griseo rufescens cristatus, collari nigro, ventre albo. 

 Reddish-grey crested Titmouse, with a black collar, and white 

 belly. 



Parus cristatus. Lin. Syst. Nat. l. 340. 2, — Lin, Faun. Suec. 



2<36. — Gn?eL S^st. Nat. 1. 1005. — Briss. 3. 558. 8. — Lath. 



Ind. Orn. 2. 5(57. 14. 

 La Mesange huppee. Buff. Hist. l^at. Ois. 4. 447. —Buff. P^- 



Enl. 502./ 2. 



Crested Titmouse. Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 42/. f. — Albin. Birds. 

 2. 57. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 545. 12. — Don. Brit. Birds. 2. 

 t. 26. — Mont. Brit. Birds. 1. — Mont, Sup. 



Weight two drachms and a half : length near 

 five inches : beak dusky : irides hazel : forehead 

 and crown white, with black undulated lines: 

 hind head crested, and black : cheeks dirty white, 

 with black spots : throat and chin black, with a 

 line of black passing to the hind head, beneath 

 the white of the cheeks : ears with an irregular 

 black spot: upper parts of the body greenish 

 brown: wings and tail rufous grey: breast and 

 belly pale buff: sides tinged with rufous: legs 

 lead- colour. 



This bird is a solitary species, being only found 

 in the darkest recesses of gloomy forests j particu- 



