Travels in Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark; illustrated with charts and engravings . no where on that continent, ex-cept In thefe Lithuanian forefts, in fome parts ofthe Carpathian mountains, and perhaps of theCaucafus. He agrees alfo with Buiibn, in fup-pofing the bifon or wild-ox of America only avariety of the imis changed by the climate f. Lithuania is very rich in ornithology: amongthe birds of prey the eagle and vulture are com-mon. The RemizX or little fpecies of titmoufe,called Parus Pendulinus, is not unfrequentlyfound in thefe parts. The head is of a pale bluifhaih-colour, the fo
Travels in Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark; illustrated with charts and engravings . no where on that continent, ex-cept In thefe Lithuanian forefts, in fome parts ofthe Carpathian mountains, and perhaps of theCaucafus. He agrees alfo with Buiibn, in fup-pofing the bifon or wild-ox of America only avariety of the imis changed by the climate f. Lithuania is very rich in ornithology: amongthe birds of prey the eagle and vulture are com-mon. The RemizX or little fpecies of titmoufe,called Parus Pendulinus, is not unfrequentlyfound in thefe parts. The head is of a pale bluifhaih-colour, the forepart of the neck and thebreaft tinged with red, the belly white, wingsblack, back and rump of a yellowiili ruft-colour,cjuill-fcatl^crs cinereous, with the exterior fides • Syftema Nature. Buffons Hlft. Nat. Pennants Hift. of Quad. p. 15. t Sur le Buffle a Queue de cheval in Nov. Aft. Pet. IL p. 232, &c. Alfo in his Neue Nord. Beytrage, p. 2. / X I am indebted to that able naturalift, Mr. Pennant, for thisdefcription cf the Remiz, and for the annexed plate. JL3^ and yE>IAl,y, liXMIZ ; or P:;^:ii r7T:MOr .^JE. ^•/.,?/,,?,/,/.::•/.////,//.>.l,/,i ,rm,/n /^//.V/ A/y/a,/*-//.m^;,/, C. 6, G R O D M O. 2^9 white, the tail ruft-coloui:ccl. The male is fingii-laily diltinguillied from the female hjy^ a pair ofblack-pointed whilkers. The iieft is in the ill ape of a long pnrfe, whichit forms with amazing art, by interweavingdown, golfamer, and minute fibres, in a compactmanner, and lining the infide with down, fo asto make a v/arm lodge for its young brood. Theentrance is at the fide, fmall and round, with theedge more ftrongly marked than the rell of thiscurious fabric: the bird, attentive to the prc-fervation of its eg;gs and nefdings, fufpends itat the leiTer end to the extremity of the (lendertwigs of a willow, or fome other tree, over ariver. Contrary to the cuft-om of titmice, itlays only four or five eggs
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