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$Unique_ID{BRD00214}
$Pretitle{}
$Title{Genus I.--Parus, Linn. Tit}
$Subject{Parinae; Parus; Tit}
$Journal{Birds of America: Volume II}
$Volume{Vol. 2:142}
$Family{Parinae}
$Genus{Parus}
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$Common_Name{Tit}
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Portions copyright (c) Creative Multimedia Corp., 1990-91, 1992
B I R D S O F A M E R I C A .
By John James Audubon, F. R. SS. L. & E.
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VOL. II.
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GENUS I.--PARUS, Linn. TIT.
Bill short, stout; upper mandible with the dorsal line slightly decurved
toward the end, the edges overlapping, with a slight lobe or festoon near the
base, destitute of notch, rather acute; lower mandible with the dorsal outline
slightly convex, the edges direct, the tip rather acute. Nostrils roundish
covered by bristly feathers. Head rather large, roundish; neck short. Feet
proportionally large; tarsus of moderate length; hind toe very large and strong,
the two lateral nearly equal, the outer adherent at the base; claws large, much
compressed, very acute. Wings of moderate length, convex. Tail long, or of
moderate length, rounded or graduated, of twelve rather narrow feathers.