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PENDULINE TITMOUSE, 



This species has a very singular flight, frequently 

 folding up its wings : it is very abundant in many 

 parts of the United States of America : it builds 

 its nest in hollow trees early in May, laying six 

 pure white eggs, sprinkled with extremely small 

 red spots, near the larger end : it generally feeds 

 on insects, but when captured and confined in a 

 cage it will eat hemp-seed, cherry-stones, apple- 

 seeds, and similar substances, if broken in small 

 pieces : it soon becomes very familiar, but if placed 

 in a wooden cage soon eifects its escape. 



PENDULINE TITMOUSE. 

 (Parus pendulinus. ) 



Pa. capite subferrugineo, fascia oculari nigra, remigibus rectrici' 



busque Juscis margine utroqiie ferrugineo. 

 Titmouse with a subferruginous head, black fascia beneath the 



eye, quills and tail-feathers brown, margined on each side with 



rust-colour. 



Parus pendulinus. Lin, Syst, Nat, 1. 342. 13. — Gmel. Syst, Nat. 



1. 1014i— La^^. Ind. Orn, 2. 568. 18. 

 Parus polonicus, sive pendulinus. Briss, 3. 5Q5. 11. t» *l^*f, 2. 

 Mesange de Pologne, Remiz. Buff, Hist, Nat, Ois, 5. 423. — 



Buff. PI Enl, 618./. 3. 

 Mountain Titmouse, Albin, Birds. 3. 5y. male and female. 

 Penduline Titmouse. Coxe*s Travels* 1.218. — Lath, Gen, Syn, 



4, 547, 16. 



In size equal to the Blue Titmouse : beak ash- 

 coloured : front of the head whitish ; hind part 

 and neck ash-coloured: forehead black, which 



