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are probably small; this being one of the species which 
are likely establishing themselves with the increase of our 
plantations, 
I am not competent to discuss the separation of the 
species or forms of the Coal Tit, but I may remark that 
Mr. Graves and I noticed the pure grey colour of the Manx 
specimens at Laxey and Rhenass. 
Where localities are suitable the Coal Tit is doulas 
pretty abundant in Britain and in Ireland, where, an 
increasing species, it follows the growth of woods. It does 
not reach the treeless outer isles of Scotland. Mr. Aplin 
seldom observed it in Lleyn. It occurs in Anglesea, not 
abundantly. 
PARUS CHRULEUS, Linn, BLUE TITMOUSE. 
The absence of the familiar ‘maup’ of English gardens 
was one of the points noted by Bishop Wilson in his brief 
zoological survey of the island (Manz Soc., xviii. 93). 
Mr. C. B. Moffat (Zool., 1892, 147) says that Mr. J. D. 
Moffat occasionally saw the bird in the neighbourhood of 
Onchan between 1872 and 1874. Mr. Graves believes that 
he saw it at Peel as early as 1876. Since 1894, in which 
year Mr. Kermode presented a Manx specimen to the 
Natural History Society’s Museum at Ramsey, it has been 
regularly. observed. Thus in February 1895 Mr. J. C. 
Crellin observed it at Ballachurry, Andreas, and in suc- 
ceeding years he continues to note it in that district, and 
points out its increase (Y. LZ. M, ili. 381, 492). Mr. H.S. 
Clarke reported it as nesting in 1896 in the garden of 
Sulby Parsonage (Y. L. M,, iii. 197). In September 1898 
Mr. Graves saw one at Thornton, Douglas. In March 1899 
