Birds and flowers, or, Lays and lyrics of rural life (1873)
Howitt, Mary Botham, 1799-1888, Giacomelli, Hector, 1822-1904 · London ; New York : T. Nelson and Sons · leaf 177
TITMOUSE, OR BLUE-CAP. ^ The merry Titmouse is a comical fellow ;He wearetli a plumage of purple and ^-yto Barred over with black, and with white inter- -7\ laced :— ) Depend ont, the Titmouse has excellent taste. THE TITMOUSE, OR BLUE-CAP. 171 And he, like his betters of noble old blood, Keeps up,…