. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . tion of their observer. YouxG.—When fully fledged, the young have the bill lightyellowish-brown, the feet dull bluish-grey, the claws like thebill. The upper part of the head, a band from the eye to thehind-neck, and a ring on the neck, broader behind, are dulllight bluish-grey ; part of the forehead, a streak over the eye,extended to the occip
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . tion of their observer. YouxG.—When fully fledged, the young have the bill lightyellowish-brown, the feet dull bluish-grey, the claws like thebill. The upper part of the head, a band from the eye to thehind-neck, and a ring on the neck, broader behind, are dulllight bluish-grey ; part of the forehead, a streak over the eye,extended to the occiput, w^here it meets that of the other side,a band across the lower part of the hind-neck, the cheeks,throat, and lower parts dull yellow, tinged wnth grey on thesides and abdomen. The back and scapulars are light green,with a grey tinge; the quills, their coverts, and the tail-feathers, are greyish-blue ; the secondary coverts tipped withyellow, the primaries narrowly edged with greyish-white, thesecondaries broadly with light-green, and tipped with yel-lowish-white. Progress Tow^\RD Maturity.—After their first autumnalmoult, the young resemble the adult, as is the case with all theother species. 440 PAllUS ATER. THE COAL TIT. COAL Fig. 183. Parus ater. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 341. Parus ater. Lath. Ind. Orn. TL 564. Cole Titmouse. Mont. Orn. Diet. M^sange petite cliarbonniere. Parus ater. Temra. Man. dOrn. I. 288. Cole Titmouse. Parus ater. Selb. Illustr. I. 239. Parus ater. Cole Titmouse. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 123. The head and neck glossy bluish-hlack^ with a broad patch ofwhite on the cheek and side of the neck^ and a large spot on thenape ; hack grey, breast white^ hind parts brownish-yellow ; twowhite bars on the icing. Male.—The Coal Tit is the smallest British species of thegenus, and indeed the least of our native birds excepting theMufflin, the Kinglets, and the Creeper. In form it is so verysimilar to the Blue Tit and other species, as to render a minuted
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