. The sportsman's British bird book . this species should havebeen called the marsh-titmouse is notapparent, as its habits are generallythe same as those of the other mem-bers of the group. Indeed, the chiefpoint in this respect seems to be theneater construction of the nest, whichis, however, composed of the ordinarymaterials. The eggs, five to eightin a clutch, are thickly spotted withrufous and British marsh-tit {Pariis palnstris dresscri) is a local race,allied, not to the light-coloured Scandinavian J\ palustris typictis, butto P. palnstris lous^irostris of the Rhine, B
. The sportsman's British bird book . this species should havebeen called the marsh-titmouse is notapparent, as its habits are generallythe same as those of the other mem-bers of the group. Indeed, the chiefpoint in this respect seems to be theneater construction of the nest, whichis, however, composed of the ordinarymaterials. The eggs, five to eightin a clutch, are thickly spotted withrufous and British marsh-tit {Pariis palnstris dresscri) is a local race,allied, not to the light-coloured Scandinavian J\ palustris typictis, butto P. palnstris lous^irostris of the Rhine, Belgium, Holland, and British race differs by its smaller size, and the darker and moreolive-brown tint of the THE ROWLAND WARD STUDIOS MAKSH-nTMOUSK. Willow-Titmouse ^olsidcrable controversy has taken place with(ParusatrieapiUus).!^^ ^° ^^^ ^^^Scd existence of a British willow-titmouse {Pants atricapillus kleiuschuiidti). It hasbeen stated that the principal differences between willow-titmice andmarsh-titmice are that the feathers on the crown and forehead arelonger and more loosely constructed in the former than in the edges of these feathers are black in the marsh-titmouse, thus causing the crown to be and of a deeper CRESTED TITMOUSE 525 blackness than that of the willow-titmouse, which is brownish orsooty black. In the latter, again, the tail is distinctly graduated,instead of being almost squared. To these differences may be addedthe darker rufous colour of the flanks and under-parts of the willow-titmouse. The British bird, which has a dull black crown, differs fromthe Scandinavian Panis atricapillus bojealis, as well as from the AlpineP. a. )iio?it(i)
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