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CRESTED TITMOUSE. 
or cap. The upper parts are yellowish gray, so 
also are the wings, having the inner webs of the 
quills hair brown. The cheeks and breast are 
nearly white, the other lower parts yellowish 
white, tinged with brownish on the flanks. The 
female differs very slightly. The form is rather 
strong and robust. 
P. atricapillus. 
The Crested Titmouse — Parus cristatcs, 
Will. Linn. — Parus crislatus , Will. Linn. — 
La Mesange Huppe, Buff. Temm. — • Crested 
Titmouse, or Tit of Brit. Authors. — This bird 
was originally admitted as belonging to our 
British list, on the authority of John Walcot and 
Dr Latham ; the former stating that it had been 
observed once in Scotland ; by the latter as being 
heard of as plentiful in the pine forests, “ whence 
I have received a specimen now in my possession.” 
Colonel Montague states, that it is “ not uncom- 
mon in the forest of Glenmore, the property of 
