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BEARDED TIT. 
BEARDED TITMOUSE. LEAST BUTCHER BIRD. PINNOCK. 
BEARDED PINNOCK. REED PHEASANT. 
Y BARFOG, OF THE ANCIENT BRITISH. 
Parus barbatus, Brisson, 
‘  bicrmicus, Linnus. GMELIN, 
Calamophilus biarmicus, JENYNS. GOULD. 
PArUS—.eeserceees ? Barbatus—Bearded. 
Ir has long been my opinion that this bird partakes 
somewhat of the characteristics of the Shrikes, as well as of 
the Titmice. In confirmation of this view, I would refer to 
Bewick’s figure, which is, I think, strikingly corroborative of 
it, as also to the name of Least Butcher Bird, given to it 
so long ago as the time of Edwards, and that of ‘laniellus,’ 
by some modern writer. 
The Bearded Titmouse is a native of Europe, being 
abundant in Holland, and also met with in France and Italy. 
It is likewise found in Asia, on the borders of the Black 
Sea and the Caspian Sea, and doubtless in numberless other 
parts. 
In Yorkshire, a bird of this species was observed at 
Kirkleatham, in Cleveland, in 1841 or 1842. The only other 
account apparently of its occurrence, is on the authority of 
Mr. W. Eddison, who, in a communication to Mr. Allis, speaks 
of it as not very uncommon near Huddersfield, and says 
that he has seen three or four living specimens. In some 
of the southern counties of England it is to be met with: 
the following localities have, at least hitherto, been frequented 
by it:—Hoveton, Hickling, and Horsey, in Norfolk; Whittlesea, 
