PANURIDA—REEDLING. 47 
Family PANURIDAZ. 
Genus PANURUS. 
BEARDED TIT. 
Panurus biarmicus (Zznz). 
Adult Male (Summer): Crown grey; back and rump 
orange-tawny ; first six primaries externally edged with white, 
rest of quills externally edged with rufous ; innermost second- 
aries internally edged with whitish ; scapulars nearly white ; Zaz/- 
Jeathers (graduated) ant upper coverts fawn-coloured ,; outer rec- 
trices whitish at tips; lores and long feathers on either side of 
throat black ; throat and chest white, sides of latter tinged with 
rose ; breast and abdomen tawny, shading into orange-tawny 
on flanks ; wnder tatl-coverts, legs and feet b/ack ; bill yellow ; 
irides yellow. Length 6 to 6°5 inches; culmen o0°3; wing 
225); tail 3°25 ;: tarsus’ 0°7. 
Adult Female (Summer): Crown dull fawn; xo dlack 
neck-feathers ; under tail-coverts pale tawny, otherwise closely 
resembles male but somewhat duller. 
Adult Male (Winter): Slightly duller in coloration above 
than in summer, white on wings and tail more tinged with 
buff. | 
Nestling: General colour pale fawn, patched on back 
and wings with black: males with black lores; legs pale 
brown. 
Young after first moult: Pale fawn; the dack centrally 
striped with black; outer tail-feathers black, tipped under- 
neath with white. 
Distribution : Resident in Europe and Central Asia in 
suitable localities ; in England confined to Norfolk and Cam- 
bridgeshire. 
Habitat: Reed beds. 
