Parus Hudfonicus, or Hudfon’s Bay Titmoufe, Ph. Tran/, vol. lxiv. p. 408.
(Forjier.)—Arci. Xool. -
T E N G T H five inches one-eighth ; breadth feven inches;
weight half an ounce. Bill black : the head is ferruginous
brown : beneath the eyes a white ftreak: throat black, the
blacknefs paffing under the white ftreak : back greenilh afti-
eolour : breaft and belly white: fides of the belly ferruginous:
wings brown ; quills edged with cinereous : tail two inches and
a half l o n g a little rounded at the end; coloured as the quills :
rump rufous white. All the feathers of this bird are long and
loofe, and of a black colour at the bafe, being only tipped of the
colours above-mentioned: the legs are black; the middle and
hind claws twice as long as the others. The male and female
are alike.
Inhabits Hudfon’s■ Bay, where it braves the fevereft winters.
Dr. Forfter informs us, that it breeds about our fettlements there,,
and lays five eggs. It is frequent about yaKzpcr-bufhes, and is
called by the natives Pecht-ke-ke-JhiJb_■
T E N G T H four inches and a. half. Bill fmall, pale, and
furnifhed with a few weak briftles at the bafe : the head
very foil of feathers, appearing very difproportionate to the fize
of the bird; the head, neck, and back, dufky black : on the
forehead, juft over the bill, a fpot of white: on the wing a bar-
of white : the breaft is orange; the reft of the under part buff
yellow,, with: a mixture of black on the thighs : the tail is long,.
and;
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HUDSON’S BAY
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Place and
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GREATHEADED
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Pl. LV.
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