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BLUE TITMOUSE. 
Note. — Habits of the typical species sylvan, 
arboreal, breeding in boles. Distribution, 
the known world, except Australia. 
THE BLUE TITMOUSE. 
Paras cceruleus Willughby. 
PLATE IX. 
Parus cffiruleus. Will. Linn. Sfc Mesange blue, Buff. 
Temm. tfc Blue Titmouse, or Tit of British authors. 
Being one of our most common, as well as a 
typical species, we have selected the Blue Tit- 
mouse to illustrate the common form of the pari. 
Over the greater part of Britain and Ireland it is 
very generally and equally distributed. Where- 
ever a moderate proportion of wood, plantation, 
or hedge row timber exists, we shall be almost 
sure to find this cheerful and active little bird ; 
and within the limits of our range it is only as 
we advance to the North of Scotland that it 
