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true that the long tail of the Bearded Tit somewhat recalls that 

 of the species /Egitkalus ; it is strongly graduated, and consists 

 of twelve feathers, the first one very short. 



It may be said that there is only a single species of Bearded 

 Reedling, though an eastern form has been called Panurus 

 sibiricus, Bp. This is a pale race from Central Asia, but its 

 light plumage is sometimes approached by specimens from 

 other localities. 



I. THE BEARDED REEDLING. PANURUS BIARMICUS. 



rants biarmicus, Linn., S. N., i., p. 342 (1766). 



Calamophilus biarmicus, Macg., Br. B., iii., p. 694 (1840); 



Dresser, B. Eur., iii., p. 49, pi. 102 (1871;. 

 Panurus biarmicus^ Newt. ed. Yarrell, i., p. 511 (1874) ; B. O. 



U. List. Br. B., p. 24 (1883) ; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., 



viii., p. 77 (1883); Seeb., Br. B., i., p. 492 (1883); 



Saunders, Man., p. 91 (1889); Lilford, Col. Fig. Br. B., 



pt. xxiv (1893). 



Adult Male. — General colour above cinnamon-rufous, the 

 upper tail-coverts vinous ; the tail pale vinous chestnut, the 

 three outer feathers white at the ends for a considerable dis- 

 tance, and blackish towards the bases ; scapulars externally 

 hoary-whitish; wings cinnamon-rufous, the median coverts 

 black, the inner greater coverts and inner secondaries black in 

 the centre, the inner webs of the latter white, forming a broad 

 band on either side of the back ; the edge of the wing and the 

 outer aspect of the primaries, white ; head and sides of face 

 pearly-grey, the forehead hoary ; lores and feathers in front of 

 the eye black, continued down the cheeks into a kind of 

 moustache ; throat and breast greyish-white with a rosy 

 tinge; the thighs and abdomen sandy-buff; sides of breast 

 rosy, extending on to the sides of the neck ; sides of body 

 and flanks cinnamon ; under tail-coverts black ; under wing- 

 coverts white, as also the quill-lining, with a sandy tinge, 

 especially on the latter ; bill yellow ; feet black ; iris pale 

 yellow. Total length, 67 inches; culmen, 0*4; wing, 2*4; 

 tail, 3*3 ; tarsus, o'8. 



Adult Female. — Not so brightly coloured as the male ; and not 

 nearly so suffused with rosy pink underneath; the head is 



