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BEARDED TIT. 



EEAHDED TITMOUSE. LEAST BUTCHEE EIUD. PINXOCK. 

 BEARDED Pi:XNOCK. EEED PKEASAJJfT. 



Y BARFOG, OF THE ANCIENT BRITISH. 



Partes barbatus, Brisson. 



•' biarmicus, LiNN^US. Gmeltn, 



Calamophilus biarmicus, Jenyns. Gould. 



Parus — ? BarJa^Ms— Bearded. 



It 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. Albs, 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, 



