. An illustrated manual of British birds . ng white, spotted with lightred : average measurements 6 by 45 in. The note is rather moreshrill than that of its congeners. The young of the Coal-Tit are fedlargely upon green caterpillars; but besides insects, nuts, as well asseeds—especially those of the Scotch fir, are eaten. Adult male : crown and nape glossy blue-black, with a white nuchalspot; cheeks and sides of the neck white; back grey, tinged witholive in most British specimens ; rump brownish-fawn ; quills ash-brown, with dull white margins to the secondaries; wing-covertstipped with white
. An illustrated manual of British birds . ng white, spotted with lightred : average measurements 6 by 45 in. The note is rather moreshrill than that of its congeners. The young of the Coal-Tit are fedlargely upon green caterpillars; but besides insects, nuts, as well asseeds—especially those of the Scotch fir, are eaten. Adult male : crown and nape glossy blue-black, with a white nuchalspot; cheeks and sides of the neck white; back grey, tinged witholive in most British specimens ; rump brownish-fawn ; quills ash-brown, with dull white margins to the secondaries; wing-covertstipped with white, which forms two bars; tail ash-brown; throat black;breast dull white, passing into fawn on the belly and flanks ; bill, legsand feet dark horn-colour. Length 4*2 in. ; wing 2-5 in. Female:slightly duller in colour. Young : no gloss on the head ; cheeks,nape-spot and under parts suffused with sulphur-yellow; upperfeathers tinged with olive. The white nape of the Coal-Tit readilydistinguishes this species from the Marsh-Tit. PARID/K. 99. 1 teS -ats^ THE MARSH-TITMOUSE. Parus palustris, Linnaius. The Marsh-Titmouse is another of our resident species; but withthe exception of the Crested Titmouse it is the least plentiful andthe most local of the genus. Its name is somewhat misleading, forthe bird may often be seen in orchards and gardens, and even inpine-woods ; but it is partial to the vicinity of rivers, and to thealders and pollarded willows which flourish on swampy ground. InEngland, and in suitable parts of Wales, it is fairly common; butin Scotland it is very local, and is not known to breed to the northof the valley of the Forth, where Mr. William Evans obtained anest in 1884, at Dunipace. In Ireland it is only recorded from , Kildare, and Dublin. British examples are somewhat browner on the upper parts andflanks than Continental specimens, and, according to Dr. Stejneger,they have also shorter tails. Nevertheless the ornithologists who havedescribed the Briti
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