50 PARID^. 



greyish ; axiUarics and under wing-coverts dull white ; hill black ; 

 iris dark brown ; feet lead-colour. 



Male in autumn. General colour above more olive-brown instead 

 of greyish ; the black patch on the throat smaller, and the white 

 tips and edgings to the single feathers a little larger ; rest of under- 

 parts more buff than in spring. 



Adult female. Mantle and underparts slightly paler than in the 

 male. 



Young. Similar to the male in autumn plumage, but still darker 

 olive-brown on the upper back ; crown of head darkbrownisli black 

 or sooty black, never glossy or jet-black; rump rosy butf ; wing- 

 coverts, secondaries, and tail edged with a kind of olive-brown 

 instead of whitish ; throat dull black ; rest of underparts whitish, 

 W'ith a strong rosj- tinge, especially on the flanks, instead of buff; 

 feet paler than in the adult. 



Bab. The Marsh-Titmouse is rather common during the w^hole 

 j-ear in Western and Central Europe, being also found in South 

 Europe and Asia Minor in winter. In the mountainous parts of 

 Central Europe and in the north it is represented by the following 

 subspecies or race, P, borealis. — Total length about 4 inches. 



Par us palustris, 



Ciilmen. Wiug. 

 in. in. 



S. England 0-4 2-27 



rf. Kent 0-45 2-4 



S. Stockliolni 0-42 2-3 



2. Stockholm. 0-42 2-4 



Parus borealis. 



2 . Norwav 0-42 2-43 



c? . Norway 0-48 2-75 



S . Norway 0-43 2'27 



cJ . Alps 0-48 2-65 



$ . Archangel 0-45 2-35 



a,b. S 2 ^d. st. Cambridgeshire. 



c. Nestling st. Cambridgeshire. 



d,e. [6] 2 *d. st. Devonshire. 



/. Ad. st. Great Britain. 



ff. Ad. sk. Great Britain. 



h. Ad. sk. Colehrooke, Ireland 



(Sir V. Brooke), 



i.k. Ad. sk. Middlesex. 



I, m. Pull. sk. Maidenhead, Berks. 



n. S ad. sk. Piestou Hall, Shrop- 



shire, Jan. liSOG. 



o. Ad. St. Avington, Hants. 



»). c? ad. sk. Avington, Hants, 



May 12. 



q. c? ad. sk. Avington, Hants, 



Nov, 25, 



Tail. 



Tarsus. 



F. D. Godman and O. 



Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 Gould Collection. 

 Gould Collection. 



Capt. Shelley [P.]. 

 E. Shelley, Esq. [P.]. 



E. Shelley, Esq. [P.]. 



