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SPECIES V. The Long-tailed Titmoufe. Plate W. Fig. 6 . 
Wil. orn. 242. 
Raii fyn. av. 74. 
Parus caudatus. Gefner av. 642. 
HIS fpecies is figured of its juft fize. 
It has great affinity to the butcher-bird, 
the bill being more convex than that 
of the tit-moufe kind; the bafe is befet with 
fhort hairs: the tail is compofed of feathers of 
unequal lengths : the legs are black. We ffiall 
not detain the reader with a farther defcription, 
as the colors are faithfully given in the plate. 
It makes its neft with admirable fkill and ele- 
Parus longicaudus. Brijjon av. III. 
. 57 *- 
Lin. fyfi. 190. 
gance; of an oval fhape, and about eight inches 
deep; near the upper end is a hole for admiffion: 
the external materials are modes and lichens, cu- 
rioufly interwoven; within it is lined very warmly 
with a thick bed of feathers : it lays about ten 
eggs. The young follow the parents the whole 
winter; and from the flimnefs of their bodies, and 
great length of tail, appear while flying like fo 
many darts cutting the air. 
