. . CRESTED TITMOUSE (Europe). iParus cristatu8). Life-size. CCllltMT IKl, IT A. w. llb«r«*C, CM FAMOUS FOREIGN BIRDS 507 looks of an overcast sky, fine weather is invariably at hand. The nest is most frequently in the grass fields, some-times amongst the young corn, or in places little is made of dry grass and moss and lined with fibrousroots and a little horse hair. The eggs, usually four or fivein number, are dull white, spotted, clouded, and blotchedover the entire surface with brownish-green. The femalelark, says D
. . CRESTED TITMOUSE (Europe). iParus cristatu8). Life-size. CCllltMT IKl, IT A. w. llb«r«*C, CM FAMOUS FOREIGN BIRDS 507 looks of an overcast sky, fine weather is invariably at hand. The nest is most frequently in the grass fields, some-times amongst the young corn, or in places little is made of dry grass and moss and lined with fibrousroots and a little horse hair. The eggs, usually four or fivein number, are dull white, spotted, clouded, and blotchedover the entire surface with brownish-green. The femalelark, says Dixon, like all ground birds, is a very close sitter,remaining faithful to her charge. She regains her nest bydropping to the ground a hundred yards or more from itsconcealment. The food of the lark is varied; in spring and summer,insects and their larvse, and worms and slugs; in autumnand winter, seeds. THE EUROPEAN CRESTED TITMOUSE* Sprightly and restless, the Crested Titmouse of Europefrequents the topmost branches of secluded forests in north-em Europe. H
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