Definition of Tufted titmouse

1. Noun. Crested titmouse of eastern and midwestern United States.

Exact synonyms: Parus Bicolor
Generic synonyms: Tit, Titmouse
Group relationships: Genus Parus, Parus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tufted Titmouse

tuffstone body
tufoli
tuft
tuft-taffeta
tufted
tufted antshrike
tufted antshrikes
tufted cell
tufted centaury
tufted duck
tufted ducks
tufted gentian
tufted pansy
tufted phalanx
tufted puffin
tufted titmouse (current term)
tufted vetch
tufter
tufters
tufthunter
tufthunters
tufthunting
tuftier
tuftiest
tuftily
tufting
tuftings
tuftless
tufts
tuftsin

Literary usage of Tufted titmouse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Popular Handbook of the Ornithology of Eastern North America by Thomas Nuttall (1896)
"tufted titmouse. PARUS BICOLOR. CHAR. Above, bluish ash; beneath, dull white; flanks tinged with yellowish brown ; forehead black ; head conspicuously ..."

2. Birds of Village and Field: A Bird Book for Beginners by Florence Merriam Bailey (1898)
"... Peto Bird;' tufted titmouse : Parus bicolor. (See Fig. 77, p. 153.) Crest and entire upper parts gray ; under parts white; sides washed with brown. ..."

3. The Second Book of Birds: Bird Families by Olive Thorne Miller (1901)
"In California, the mountain chickadee has habits about the same, and the Southern States have the tufted titmouse. All these little fellows are pretty birds ..."

4. Indiana Authors: A Representative Collection for Young People by Minnie Olcott Williams (1916)
"... THE tufted titmouse WILLIAM WATSON WOOLLEN The range of the tufted titmouse extends throughout the eastern United States, north to the Connecticut ..."

5. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"Texan tufted titmouse, B. b. texensis. Similar to the last but with the forehead brown instead of black. The habits and eggs of these birds do not differ ..."

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