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MECISTURA LONGICAUDATA. THE LONG- 

 TAILED MUFFLIN. 



BOTTLE TOM. BOTTLE TIT. LONG-TAILED MAG. HUCK-MUCK. 

 POKE-PUDDING. MUM-RUFFIN. 



Parus caudatus. Linu. Syst. Nat. I. 342. 



Parus caudatus. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 569. 



Long-tailed Titmouse. Mont. Orn. Diet. 



M^sange k loiigue queue. Parus caudatus. Temm. Man. d'Orn. I. 296. 



Long-tailed Titmouse. Parus caudatus. Selb. Illustr. I. 241. 



Parus caudatus. Long-tailed Titmouse. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 124. 



Tail very long, graduated ; plumage extremely soft ; head, 

 throat, and breast white ; a broad band over the eye, the nape, 

 and the bach black ; scapxdars reddish ; tail black ; the three 

 lateral feathers on each side externally white. Young duller, 

 without red on the scapidars. 



Male. — This singular-looking bird, the most diminutive of 

 our British species, except the Kinglets, differs from the Tits 

 chiefly in having the plumage softer and more bulky, and the 

 tail much more elongated. The bill is very similar to that of 

 the Blue Tit, but shorter, or more concealed at the base by the 

 feathers, and with the upper mandible longer and more de- 

 cufved. Both mandibles are internally concave, with a median 



