COAL TITMOUSE.
PARUS ATER, Linn.
Parus ater, Linn. S. N. i. p. 3él (1766) ; Naum. iv. p. 34;
Dresser, iii, p. 87.
Mésange noire, French ; Kohlmeise, German.
This race of Coal-Titmouse is common on many parts
of the continent of Europe, but apparently scarce in our
islands, in which the Parus britannicus of Messrs. Sharpe
and Dresser is the common representative form of the
species.
I give figures of both races ; the latter is locally
common and resident in the British Islands.
C O A L T I T M O U S E .
Parus ater, Linn.
