. . ■n COPVRieMT l»03, ev A. W. UUUFOND, lOL. CHI, ACAD. SCIENCES. CRESTED TITMOUSE (Europe). (Parus cristatus). Life-sizt-. FAMOUS FOREIGN BIRDS 607 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 browni
. . ■n COPVRieMT l»03, ev A. W. UUUFOND, lOL. CHI, ACAD. SCIENCES. CRESTED TITMOUSE (Europe). (Parus cristatus). Life-sizt-. FAMOUS FOREIGN BIRDS 607 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 larvae, 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 fores
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