42 Order I 



Family PANURID^, or "Bearded Tits" 



This remarkable family, of doubtful position, con- 

 tains only one British member (Panurns biarmicus), a 



Bearded Tit 



slender and chiefly fawn-coloured bird with long black 

 cheek-patches and an inordinately long tail, from which 

 it is called " Reed-Pheasant " in Norfolk. The male has 

 a grey head, the female lacks the black on the face. It 



