. 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 .. . nity to the Cer-thiae and Reguli, although much less apparent, is yet not diffi-cult to be traced. With the genus Mecistura they are alsomore intimately allied than with any other. Many authorsconsider them as closely connected with the Sparrows, Finches,and other genera of the Deglubitores, with which they associatethem under the common names
. 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 .. . nity to the Cer-thiae and Reguli, although much less apparent, is yet not diffi-cult to be traced. With the genus Mecistura they are alsomore intimately allied than with any other. Many authorsconsider them as closely connected with the Sparrows, Finches,and other genera of the Deglubitores, with which they associatethem under the common names of Conirostres, Granivori, andothers of similar import; but their affinity to these birds isvery remote, insomuch that a person practically acquaintedwith them might well marvel at so unnatural an association,did he not reflect that scarcely any thing is too absurd to re-ceive the approbation of some ornithologists. The genus Ixosseems to me to belong to this group ; but Parus pendulmus,and P. hiarmicus of the older authors belong to a differentorder, the latter being decidedly a Husker. Six species occur in Britain, and are permanently resident. 425 PARUS FRINGILLAGO. THE OX-EYE TIT. GREAT TITMOUSE. OX-EYE. GREAT BLACK-HEADED TOM Fig. 181. Parus major, Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 341. Parus major. Lath. Ind. Orn. 11. 562. Great Titmouse. Mont. Orn. Diet. Mesange Charbonni^re. Parus major. Temm. Man. dOrn. I. 287. Great Titmouse. Parus major. Selb. Illustr. L 233. Parus major. Great Titmouse. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 12L The head, fore part of the necJc, a transverse hand on its sides,and a longitudinal hand on the hreast and ahdomen, hlack ;cheeks white; hack yellowish green ; breast and sides yellow. Male.—The Greater Tit, although the chief of its clan, is asmall bird, not so large as a Robin, but of a stoutish form,active, lively, and courageous. Its body is short and ovate,the neck short, the head of moderate size and oblong. Thebill is short, straight, sub-conical,
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