GREAT TITMOUSE, 55 
FAMILY PARID. 
LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. 
ACREDULA CAUDATA (Linnzus). 
Dog-tail, Churn, Bottle-tit. 
The Long-tailed Titmouse is a resident species, 
sparingly distributed throughout the wooded portions 
of the county. After the breeding season the birds are 
met with in family parties which combine during the 
winter with flocks of other Tits and Goldcrests. 
This species is an early breeder, and the nest, often 
built in a whitethorn hedge, is frequently completed 
before the foliage is thick enough to screen it. The 
white lichens, however, which are interwoven with 
the moss, producing the effect of light and shade 
among a mass of twigs, afford protection to what would 
otherwise be a conspicuous object in a leafless hedge. 
Like other Titmice, this bird is a close sitter. 
Mr. F. Brownsword once received a nest from Mottram 
St. Andrew, containing ten slightly incubated eggs. 
The man who cut it out from a thorn hedge informed 
him that, after carrying it for some distance, he was 
astonished to see the brooding bird emerge from the 
entrance-hole and fly away. 
GREAT TITMOUSE. 
Parus MaAgor, Linnzus. 
Sawfinch, Saw-sharpener, King Charles, Big Tomtit. 
This handsome bird is a common resident through- 
out the county. In Dunham Park and some other 
