396 BEARDED TITMOUSE. Class II. 



167. Beard- Left Butcher Bird. Brijfon a'v.lll. ^6-j. 



ED. Eeinv. a'v, 55. Parus biarmicus. Lin. fyfi. 



Bearded Titmoufe. Aldf. a<v. 342. Br. Zool. 74, plate 



I. tab, ^?>. Scopo/if No. 2/\.i. C. 2. 



La mefange barbue, ou le Left Butcher Bird. Br. Zool. 



mouftaclie, Parus barbatus. Ed. 2d. L 165. 



rr^HIS fpecies is found in the marfhes near 

 -^ London: we have feen ic near Gloucefter\ it is 

 alio frequent among the great trads of reeds near 

 Cowbit in Lincoln/hire,, where I fufpedl they breed. 

 It is of the fame fliape as the long tailed titmoufe, 

 Descrip. but rather larger. The bill is fhorr, flrong, and 

 very convex ; of a box color : irides pale yellow : 

 the head is of a fine grey : on each fide of the bill, 

 beneath the eye, is a long triangular tuft of black 

 feathers : the chin and throat are white : the mid- 

 dle of the breafr flefh colored : the fides and thighs 

 of a pale orange : the hind part of the neck and 

 the back are of an orange bay : the fecondary fea- 

 thers of the wings are black edged with orange : 

 the quil-feathers dufky on their exterior, white on 

 their interior fides : the lefi^er quil-feathers tipt with 

 orange. The tail is two inches three quarters 

 long : the two middle feathers of the tail are larg- 

 eft, the others gradually fliorten on each fide j the 

 outmoft of which are of a deep orange color. The 

 vent-feathers of the male of a pale black : of the 



female 



