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record as far as Duiikeld. Also breeds in parts of Spey valley, but 

 otherwise unknown in north, except for a few isolated records in 

 Moray area. Unknown I. and O. Hebrides, Shetlands and Orkneys. 



99. Parus atricapillus borealis Selys.— THE NORTHERN 

 WILLOW-TITMOUSE. 



Parus borealis Selys-Longchamps, Bull. Ac. Briixelles, x, 2, p. 28 

 (1843 — Iceland — errore ! The type came from Norway). 

 Parus borealis (Selys-Longch.), Grant, Bull. B.O.C., xxiii, p. 34 : id., 

 Brit. B., II, p. 277. 



Distribution. — England. — One, Tetbury (Gloucester), March, 1907. 

 Also thought to have been seen at Welwj^n (Herts.), Jan. 12, 1908 

 {ut supra) . 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Scandinavia, north and north-west 

 Russia, Russian Baltic provinces, and East Prussia. In winter, 

 vagrant and appearing elsewhere (Poland, Orenburg, etc.). 



JEGITHALOS CAUDATUS 



100. i^githalos caudatus caudatus (L.) — THE NORTHERN 

 LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. 



Parus caudatus Linnseus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 190 (1758 — " Habitat 



in Europa." Restricted typical locality : Sweden), 



Acredula caudata (Linnaeus), Yarrell, i, p. 504 (part) ; Saunders, p. 101 



(part). 



Distribution. — England. — One found dead Tjaiemouth (Northum- 

 berland) Nov., 1852 (Hancock, Birds North. & Durham, p. 77). One 

 said to have been obtained at Dover (Kent) prior to 1889, is at 

 Rochester {Hist. Birds Kent, p. 76). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — North and east Europe to Siberia and 

 north Japan (Jesso) ; in winter vagrant and appearing in central and 

 west Europe. Replaced in central and south Europe, Asia Minor, 

 Caucasus, Crimea, Persia, China and south Japan by other races. 



loi. i^githalos caudatus roseus (Btyth) — THE BRITISH 



LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. 



jNIecistura rosea Blyth, in Gilb. White, Nat. Hist. Selborne, p. Ill 



(1836— England). 



Mecistura vagans Leach, Cat. Mamm. Birds Brit. Mus., p. 17 (181G — 



No description). 



Mecistura longicauda ]MacGillivray, Hist. Brit. B., ii, p. 454 (part). 



Acredula caudata (Linnanus), Yarrell, i, p. 504 (part) ; Saunders, p. 101 



(part) ; .4. c. rosea (Blyth), Hartert, Brit. B., i, p. 217. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Resident. Generally distributed in 

 most parts, but rare in some very barren districts and in Isle of 



