THE LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE 
ACREDULA ROSEA 
Locat names in surrounding counties: ‘ Bottle-Tit,” 
“ Oven-Tit,” ‘ Pudding-Poke,”’ “ Bottle-Tom ” (Essex). 
Status 1N British Avirauna: A common and widely 
distributed resident in wooded districts, becoming more 
local in Scotland and Ireland. 
Raprat DisTRiBUTION WITHIN FIFTEEN MILES OF ST. 
Paut’s: ‘This pretty bird is another fitful visitor during 
autumn and winter to the innermost parts of the Metro- 
polis, more frequently observed in private grounds, shrub- 
beries, and enclosures of small trees than amongst the 
larger timber. ‘There are few such spots in which it may 
not be met with from Kensington Gardens, Regent’s 
Park, and Battersea Park outwards. As the suburbs 
become more rural and well-shrubbed grounds more 
plentiful the Long-tailed ‘Titmouse may be observed 
more frequently. How close to the city it actually 
nests it is perhaps difficult to say. It is recorded as 
doing so at Dulwich, and very possibly in the ‘Tooting 
and Norwood districts. It certainly breeds at Wimbledon 
and Richmond, Bushey, Hounslow, and Osterley, whilst 
northwards I trace it through Ruislip Woods, Pinner, 
Horsenden, Sudbury, and Wembley. It also nests in 
the districts of Harrow, Mill Hill, Barnet, Enfield, Wal- 
tham, Epping, Wanstead, and Ilford, and across the 
river in the Crays, Bromley, Beckenham, Croydon, Car- 
shalton, and Sutton. Inthe more remote districts it is 
of course more generally dispersed, and in many cases 
nests in comparatively public spots. 
Of all the British species the Long-tailed ‘Titmouse is 
the most restless and wandering in its disposition. Ex- 
cept during the breeding season, the birds in parties are 
roaming the countryside, and only appearing fitfully in 
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