. Wilson's American ornithology [microform] : with additions including the birds described by Audubon, Bonaparte, Nuttall, & Richardson. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. CRESTED TITMOUSE. 93 gives It a smart and not inelegant appearance. Its focid corresponds with that of the foregoing; it possesses considerable strength in the muscles of its neck, and is almost perpetually digging into acorns, nuts, crevices, and rotten parts of the bark, after the TarvBB of insects. It is also a constant resident here. When shot at and wounded, it fights with great spirit When confined to a cag
. Wilson's American ornithology [microform] : with additions including the birds described by Audubon, Bonaparte, Nuttall, & Richardson. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. CRESTED TITMOUSE. 93 gives It a smart and not inelegant appearance. Its focid corresponds with that of the foregoing; it possesses considerable strength in the muscles of its neck, and is almost perpetually digging into acorns, nuts, crevices, and rotten parts of the bark, after the TarvBB of insects. It is also a constant resident here. When shot at and wounded, it fights with great spirit When confined to a cage, it soon becomes familiar, and will subsist on hemp seed, cherry stones, apple seeds, and hickory nuts, broken and thrown into it However, if the cage be made of willows, and the bird not much hurt, he will soon make his way through them. The great concavity of the lower side of the wings and tail of tliis genus of birds, is a strong characteristic, and well suited to their short, irregular flight This species is also found over the whole United States, but is most numerous towards the north. It extends also to Hudson's Bay, and, according to Latham, is found in Denmark, and in the southern parts of Greenland, where it is called Avhigursak. If so, it probably inhabits the continent of NortJi America, from sea to sea. The Crested Titmouse is six inches long, and seven inches and a half m extent The whole upper parts, a dull cinereous or lead color, except tlie front, which is black, tinged with reddish; whole lower parts, dirty white, except the sides under the wings, which are reddish orange; legs and feet, light blue; bill, black, short, and pretty strong; wing-feathers, relieved with dusky on tlieir inner vanes; eye, dark hazel; lores, white; the head, elegantly ornamented with a high, pointed, almost upright crest; tail, a little forked, considerably con- cave below, and of the same color above as the back; tips of the wings, dusky; tongue, very short, truncate, and ending
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