. Die Vögel von Berwickshire; mit Bemerkungen über ihre lokale Verteilung Migration, und Gewohnheiten, und auch über die Volkslore, Sprichwörter, populäre Reime und Sprüche mit ihnen verbunden. Denn es wurde häufig beobachtet dort von Herrn, Hardy, Wer bemerkte, dass ein Paar ihr Nest in einem verfallenen Eichenstumpf in der Nähe der Pease Bridge baute, am 4. Mai 1882.^ Es ist keineswegs ein gewöhnlicher Vogel in Berwickshire, Butis in geringer Anzahl in vielen der Wälder und Plantagen in der ganzen Grafschaft gefunden. Wie die Cole-Titmaus bleibt sie das ganze Jahr über bei uns, und in ihren allgemeinen Gewohnheiten ähnelt sie jener Art, von w

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. The birds of Berwickshire; with remarks on their local distribution migration, and habits, and also on the folk-lore, proverbs, popular rhymes and sayings connected with them . for it has been frequently observedthere by Mr, Hardy, who noticed a pair building their nestin a decayed oak stump near the Pease Bridge, on the 4thof May 1882.^ It is by no means a common bird in Berwickshire, butis found in small numbers in many of the woods andplantations throughout the county. Like the Cole Titmouse, it remains with us throughout the year, and in its generalhabits it resembles that species, from which, however, it canreadily be distinguished by the want of the white spot on 1 Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, vol. ix. p. 562, and vol. x. p. 558. 96 THE MARSH TITMOUSE. the nape. I have occasionally seen it in the woods aboutPaxton. The food of the Marsh Titmouse consists of insectsand various seeds and berries. Its nest, which is made of moss and grass, and linedwith willow down, is placed in a hole of a decayed treenear the ground, which it hollows out, removing the chipsto some distance in its bill. The eggs are seven or eightin number, and are white, spotted with light red.. m I FASSERES. ( 97 ) PARID^. THE BLUE TITMOUSE. TOM-TIT, BLUE-CAP, BLUE-BONNET, HICK-MALL, BILLY-BITER, OX-EYE, NUN, BLUE-MOPE. Parus cceruleus. Lithest, gaudiest harlequin !Prettiest tumbler ever seen.Light of heart attd light of limb, What is now become of him f Where is he that giddy sprite fBlue-Cap zvith all his feathers bright. Who was blest as bird could be ;Feeding on the apple tree, Made such wanton spoil and rout, Turning blossoms i?iside out ;Hu7ig with head towards the ground.Fluttered, perched into a roujid, Bound himself, and then loibound. Wordsworth. This little bird is a great favourite with us on accountof its beauty and familiarity. It accompanies the Eobinto our window-sills during snowy weather in winter, toshare the crumbs and meat^ put out by kind hands forthe starving birds; and we find i

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