
i 6s CT HE NATURAL HISTORY 
direction, hanging by its feet, or affembling at 
the cry of its own fpecies ; it feeds on infects and 
feeds, pinches buds of trees, and lays from ten 
to feventeen eggs, like others of the fame fa- 
mily. | 
In the conftrudtion of its neft, the pe Tai 
Titmoufe difers from moft of the tribe; it is not 
made in the hole of atree; this would | be inconve- 
nient to a bird of fo vee a tail; the feathers of” 
which are apt to fall off upon the flig hteft violence ; 
but itis firmly fixed upon the branches of a fhrub, 
about four fet from the ground. The nett is of an 
oval form, clofed above, with a fmall hole at the 
fide for anentrance, and fometimes another oppo- | 
fite, that the bird may leave it without hazarding 
an injury to its tail, by turning round in fo {mall 
a compafs. The outfide is compoted of blades of 
- grafs, mofs, and lichen; the infide weil furniihed 
with feathers. ; : Ante 
_ They live together with their young in a fami- 
Jy, during the winter. ‘Their feathers are very 
- Jong and downy. In the {pring they have a little 
fong. | 
This fpecies inhabits Europe, and even Ja- 
maica, and is very common with us, frequenting 
gardens and orchards. oe 

