418 THE BIRDS OF HELIGOLAND.. . ; 



219. — Crested Titmouse [Haubenmeise]. 



PARUS CRISTATUS, Linn. 



Parus cristatus. Naumann, iv. 42. 



Crested Titmouse. Dresser, iii. 151. 



Mesange huppee. Temminck, Manuel, i. 290, iii. 211. 



This pretty little crested Titmouse lias been once obtained here 

 by Reymers, and Glaus Aeuckens has also met with it once. I 

 have not, however, as yet succeeded in obtaining an example of this 

 species — common though it be — that had been killed on the island, 

 for my collection. Its breeding home extends through all the 

 coniferous forests of Europe from the extreme west to the Ural, and 

 from the Mediterranean to the north of Scandinavia. 



220. — Long-tailed Titmouse [Schwanzmeise]. 

 PARUS CAUDATUS, Linn.i 



Heligolandish : Lung-Statjed 'Ro\\oviS = Long-tailed Titmouse. 



Parus caudatus. Nauuiann, iv. 82. 



Long-tailed Titmouse. Dresser, iii. 67. 



Mesange a longue queue. Temminck, Manuel, i. 296, iii. 214. 



This small and peculiar bird occurs only sporadically, but 

 always in small companies. In 1847 it appeared in comparatively 

 large numbers, and was also tolerably abundant in the autumn of 

 1878 ; while several examples were again seen in November 1881. 

 In spring, like all its congeners, it is much rarer ; but, under date 

 of the 27th of March 1848, I find recorded ten examples, with the 

 note — ' Exceptional in spring.' Among companies like this, several 

 handsome white-headed examples constantly occur. 



The breeding home of this species extends beyond the Arctic 

 Circle, and throughout the whole of Europe and Asia; in the 

 south it ranges to the southernmost of the mean latitudes ( i.e. about 

 80° N.) in both these divisions of the earth. 



' Acredula caudata (Linn.). 



