CRESTED TITMOUSE. 
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^ose notes surprised me. Havings shot him from olF 
li'*® top of a very tall tree, I found it to be the black- 
jj^^ded titmouse, with a lonjr and deep indentation in 
I ® oranium, the skull having- been evidently, at some 
, ^nter time, drove in, and fractured, but was now per- 
healed. Whether or not the change of voice 
. be owing to this circumstance, I cannot pretend 
^ decide. 
PARUS BJCOLORj LINN, AND WILS, CRESTED TITMOUSE. 
WILSON, PLATE VIII. FIG. V. 
'^His is another associate of the preceding species ; but 
k'*''® noisy, more musical, and more suspicious, though 
j *>er less active. It is, nevertheless, a sprightly bird, 
y ?-'*essing a remarkable variety in the tones of its 
J"®®, at one time not much louder than the squeaking 
(.[ * mouse, and in a moment after whistling aloud, and 
tli*^®*y,as if calling a dog; and continuing this dog-call 
Ijj^Jnigii woods for half an hour at a time. Its 
|(^ b pointed crest, or, as Pennant calls it, tow/icf, gives 
^ smart and not inelegant appearance. 
^ , Its food cor- 
jijP'mds with that of the foregoing ; it possesses con- 
y ®®able strength in the muscles of its neck, and is 
perpetually dig-ging into acorns, nuts, crevices, 
ly . Gotten parts of the bark, after the larvw of insects, 
also a constant resident here. When shot at and 
'•nded, it fights with great spirit. When confined 
ie'* it soon becomes familiar, and will subsist on 
seed, cherry stones, apple seeds, and hickory 
broken and thrown in to it. However, if the 
h® made of willows, and the bird not much hurt, 
"’>11 soon make bis way through them. The great 
®avity of the lower side of the wings and fail of 
to their short irregular Might. 
S|)ecies it also found over the whole United 
®'^; but is most numerous towards the north. It 
Hudson’s Bay ; and, according to 
'*^m, is found in Denmark, and in the southern 
