
176 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
_ Some fpecies have been obferved to pat. 
| the night i in holes of trees ; they enter hattil Yo ae 
ter looking about on all fides, as though to afi 
_ themfelves that they were fecure, and in vain has. 
a ftick been introduced, in order to difturb them, 
_ they have obftinately remained in their retreat. 
It is probable that they generally return to the 
. fame fituation to rooft, for there they generally 
eftablith their magazines. In the {pring they are 
very mifchievous in gardens,. by pecking the young 
buds of the trees, or ‘by bruifing them in fearch 
of infers, | - 
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Txt TOUPET TITMOUSE, 
The head-is crefled, the farehead black ; the ely athe 
‘coloured; beneath white, tinged with red, 4 
It. inhabits, breeds, and paffes ‘all the year im 
Carclina and Virginia. It confines itfelf to the 
woods, and like othey Titmice feeds on infects. 
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 
white beneath, 
This 

