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LANGUEDOO TITMOUSE. 

 (Parus narboniensis. ) 



Pa. rufo griseisy vertice cam, alis caudaque nigricantibus rufo 

 marginatis, remigibiis primoribus margine albis. 



Reddish-grey Titmouse, with the crown hoary ; wings and tail 

 dusky, with rufous margins; primary quills edged with white. 



Parus narboniensis. Gmel. Si/st. Nat, 1. 10L4.—Lath, Ind, Orn. 

 2. 5(58. l^. 



La penduline. Biif. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 453. 

 Mesange de Languedoc. Buf. PI. Enl. 708./, 1. 

 La pendulino, ou Canari sauvage. Hist. Prov. 1. 5l7. 

 Languedoc Titmouse. Lath. Gen. Spi. 4. 547. ^7' 



This species is almost as remarkable as the 

 preceding in respect to its nest, which is fixed on 

 a forked twig of the poplar, and is composed of 

 the downy parts of the flower of that tree : it is 

 only open on one side, and there is a kind of por- 

 tico erected over the entrance, as a security from 

 the wind and weather, which projects nearly an 

 inch from the sides : the nest is about the size and 

 shape of an Ostrich's egg. The bird is found in 

 Languedoc : it is four inches in length : the beak 

 is black, the upper mandible edged with yellow- 

 ish : top of the head grey : upper parts of the body 

 rufous grey : upper wing-coverts blackish, edged 

 with rufous : greater quills blackish, with whitish 

 edges : secondaries the same as the upper coverts, 

 but the tips paler : under parts of the body pale 

 rufous grey : tail black, with rufous edges : legs 

 lead-colour. 



