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quills brown : tail black ; the outer web of the exterior feather
white ; the. next to it tipped with white : legs black.
Place. From the Cape of Good Hope. .
In the colleftion of Sir Jofeph Banks.
7* Parus ater, Lin. Syß. i. p. 341. N° 7. — Scop. ann. i. p. 163, N° 245. — ■•
H-COLEMOUSE. Kram. el. p. 379. N* 4.— Georgi Reifer, p. 175.— Frifch. t. 13.
La Mefange à tête noire, Brif. orn. iii. p. 551. N° 5.
La petite Charbonnière, Buf. oif v. p. 400.
Parus ater, or Colemou-fe, Raii Syn. p. 73. A. 2. — Will. orn. p. 241. t; 43,
—Br. Zool. i. N° 164. pi. 57. f. 3.—Aril. Zool.
Br. Muf. Lev. Muf.
D escription. T E S S than the Blue Titmoufe : weight two drams : length
four inches. Bill four lines and a half ; colour black r
head and throat black : from the bill, on each fide, a broad band
o f white, palling juft under the eye to the fides o f the neck : on
the hind head a large white fpot : hind- part of the neck, back,
and rump, alh-colour : from the breaft to the yent rufous white u
wing coverts grey, tipped with white, forming two bands o f the:
fame colour: quills and tail feathers brownilh alh-colour, bordered
with grey : the tail fomewhat forked : leg's and claws lead-
colour.
Place. T his is pretty common, in woods, orchards, and gardens,, where
it lives on the fame food as the reft of the Britijb Ipecies of this
genus, and lays a number o f eggs. It is found throughout
Europe, and likewife met with in America.
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Parus paluftris, Lin, Syft. i. p. 341. N° 8.— Scop. ann. i. p. 164. N° 246.—
Kramer, 379» N° 5.—Muller, p. 34. N° 286. — Fri/ch. t. 13.— Georgi
Reife, 175.
La Mefange de Marais, ou la Nonette cendree, Brif. orn. iii. p. 555. N° y.
— Buf. oify. p. 403 .— Pi. enl. iii. f. 3.
Parus paluftris, Marfh Titmoiife, or Black-Cap, Raii Syn. p. 73• A. 3.—
Will. orn. p. 241. pi. 43. —- Albin. iii. pi. 58. f. 1. — Br. Zodl.i.
N° 165. pi. 57» f* 4-— Ar&. Zool.
' Br. MUf. Lev. Muf.
THI S is a trifle bigger than the laft, and differs but in a very
few particulars. The, c.rown of the head is black, but no
fpot of white on the hind head : on the throat is a fmall black
fpot, but not fo large as in the laft : upper parts of the body
grey : wing coverts in fome plain : the under parts white : legs
as in the laft.
This is common with us in England; and is remarked by others
as an European bird. Is found in Sweden, Italy, and moft of the
parts between. It is much to be feared, that it is not a dif-
tincl fpecies; moft probably a mere variety of the laft. Manners
and haunts- the fame. Equally prolific .with the others. Lays
up ftore of feeds againft want. Fond of bees.
Le Mefange a gorge noire, Pi. enl. 302; f. r*
T H I S is four inches and a half in length, and is fomewhat
like the laft; but wants both the white fpot at the hind head,
and the bands on the'wings; the black fpot on the throat is
much larger; and the colours in general deeper : the tail a little
cuneiform.
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