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PASS En ES. 



PARID^. 



PARIDJi. 



AcREDULA CAUDATA (Limiaeus*). 

 THE LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. 



Parus caudatus. 



AcREDULA, K. L. Kochf. — Bill very short, sti'ong, much compressed, both 

 mandibles curved, the upper considerably longer than the lower. Nostrils basal, 

 round, concealed by the plumage. Eyelids broad and crenate. Wings with ten 

 primaries, the first short, the second shorter than the ninth, the third shorter 

 than the seventh, the fourth and sixth nearly equal, but shorter than the fifth, 

 which is the longest in the wing. Tail very long, narrow and graduated, the 

 outer feathers being only about one-third of the length of the middle pair. Legs 

 with the tarsus long and scutellated ; feet moderate, the anterior toes united to 

 the second joint, the outer toe longer than the inner, the hind toe stout and 

 armed with a long, hooked claw. 



The Long-tailed Titmouse was removed from the genus 

 Parus in 181 G b}' Koch, who carefully pointed out its many 



* Parus caudatus, Linnasus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. !>. 342 (17G6). 

 t Siiugthiere und Vilgel Baierns, p. 199 (1816). 



