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The Long Tail Titmouje. Parus caudatus.
Numb. : LVII.
TH E Crown of the Head of this Bird is white ; from the Bill, above the Eyes on each
Side round the hinder Part of the Head is a broad black Mark fcolloped on the T o p ;
the Jaws, Throat, Breaft, and Belly wHite, varied with fmall dusky Spots; the Back of a dilute
chefout Colourfpotted with black,; the quill Feathers black, the outer Edges of the interiour
of thefe are white.
The Tail of this is like that of the Magfie, the outermoft Feathers being the lhorteft, the
other in notable Degrees longer to the middlemoft which are the longeft of a ll; of ¡the outermoft
Feather on .each Side the Top and outer half from the Shafts,is white, the next hath lefs whites
the third only the outer Part of the Tip white, the reft are wholly black ; the Bill is ihort, ftrong,
and black s the Tongue broad and divided into Filaments s the Eyes bigger than in other fmall
Birds; the Irides hazel coloured s the Edges of the Eye-lids yellow s the Noftrils covered with
fmall Feathers.
The Legs, Feet, and Claws black. It frequents Gardens rather than mountainous Places:
It builds like the Jfj'ren, or more artficially, making an Arch over the Neft of the lame Matter
and Contexture with the reft of the Neft; fo that the Neft refembles an Egg erefted upon one
End, a.fmall Hole being left in the Side, whereat the Bird goes in and out. By this Means
both Eggs and Young are fecured from the Injuries of the Air, or other Accidents o f Wind,
Rain, or Cold, and that they may lie foft, lhe lines the Neft within with Store o f Feathers
and Down, without lhe builds the Sides and Roof o f Mofs, Wool, and Webs, curioufly in.
terwoven together.
See Aldrovandus in the feventeenth Book, and fixteenth Chapter of his Ornithology.
The Crejied Tttmoufe. Parus criftatus.
TH I S hath a pretty Abort big Bill of a dusky Colour •, its Tongue is. broad and divided into
four Filaments,! its Feet of a lead Colour; the outer Toes for fome Space frort) their divarication;
joined to the middle one; the Crown of the Head black, the Edges of the Feathers
being white; at the hinder Part of the Head begins a black Line, which like a Wreath or Collar
encompafles the Neck; from the lower Mandible of the Bill to this Collar is a black Line produced
; the Sides, of the Face and middle of the Neck white intermixt with dusky Feathers 5
the piiddle of the Breaft white; the Sides, lower Belly, and Thighs fomething red; the Wings
and Tail dusky, the Edges of the Feathers of a greenilh White ; the Back of an Olive green.
Its Weight was two Drams and.a half; it is from the Tip of the Bill to the End of the Tail
five Inches long; Breadth, when the Wings were extended, eight Inches and a quarter; the
quill Feathers of the Wings are nineteen in Number; the Tail is compofed of twelve Feathers,