iy6 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
Some fpecies have been obferved to pafs the 
the night in holes of trees ; they enter haftily, af¬ 
ter looking about on all fides, as though to affure 
themfeIves that they were fecure, and in vain has 
a flick been introduced, in order to diffurb them, 
they have obftinately remained in their retreat. 
It is probable that they generally return to the 
fame fituation to rood, for there they generally 
effabliflh their magazines, in the fpring they are 
very mifehievous in gardens, by pecking the young 
buds off the trees, or by bruifing them in fearch 
of infedt-s. 
The TOUPET TITMOUSE. 
The head is crefled, the forehead black; the body afir- 
coloured; beneath white, tinged with red. 
It inhabits, breeds, and paffes all the year in 
Carolina and Virginia. It confines itfelf to the 
woods, and like other Titmice feeds on infedts. 
It flies fwiftly, and during flight frequently folds 
up the wing, uttering at the fame time a weak 
note. 
The CRESTED TITMOUSE. 
The top of the head is crefled with long black feathers, 
margined with white; the chin and throat are black. It u 
white beneath. 
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