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THE BIRDS OF HAMPSHIRE. 
also pick holes in apples on the ground, and be well 
entertained with the seeds on the head of a sunflower." 
This is the " tom-tit " that most often nests in letter 
boxes. 
41. Parus cristatus. Crested Titmouse. 
An accidental visitor. 
One was shot near Stanpit Marsh, Christchurch, by 
Mr. Footner, in 1846, and is in Mr. Hart's collection. 
Another was killed near Yarmouth, in the Isle of 
Wight, by Mr. Butler (Bury). Kelsall has seen this 
specimen in Mr. Butler's collection, and it is no doubt the 
bird mentioned by Laishley in his " British Birds' Eggs " 
("Zoologist," 1890). 
The record in the second edition of Howard Saunders' 
Manual is a mistake, the bird in question having been 
seen at Plymouth, not at Bournemouth. 
Family— 
Genus— 67//^?. 
42. Sitta ccBsia. Nuthatch. 
MUD-DABBER. MUD-STOPPER. TrEE-CLIMBER. 
A resident. 
It is found in all parts of the mainland, but is common 
only in the woodlands where suitable timber abounds. 
In the Isle of Wight it is not known to have occurred. 
