48 A HANDBOOK OF EUROPEAN BIRDS. 
Family “PARIDZ. 
Genus ACREDULA. 
WHITE-HEADED LONG-TAILED TIT. * 
Acredula caudata (Linz). 
Adult: Entire head and under parts white ; nape, centre of 
back and tail-feathers black ; sides of neck, back, and scapu- 
lars vinous ; rump tinged with rose; quills blackish-brown, 
white at base on inner web ; secondaries externally margined 
with white, innermost almost entirely white; outer tail-feathers 
tipped and margined with white; faint vinous tinge on flanks 
and under tail-coverts ; bill, legs and feet black ; irides brown. 
Length 6 inches ; culmen 0°25 ; wing 2°5 ; ¢az/ 3°5 ; tarsuso 6. 
Young: Crown conspicuously white; above the eye, sides 
of head, nape, back and central tail-feathers sooty black (not pure 
black) ; white on secondaries more conspicuous and pure ; 
flanks and under tail-coverts tinged with vinaceous ; bill black- 
ish ; gape yellow ; legs and feet yellowish. 
Distribution: Resident in Northern and Central Europe ; 
has occurred in Great Britain. 
Habitat : Wooded districts. 
Note.—In the British Isles a race known as A. vosea occurs which differs 
from the typical A. cawdaza in having much less white upon the crown 
and being of a generally duller tint. On the continent this race is 
found in France (including the Eastern Pyrenees), in the Netherlands 
and part of Germany where it interbreeds. with the type. In the 
South of France, Spain, Northern Italy and Sicily another race is 
found, known as A.7rézt which is characterised by having the scapulars 
grey. Both of the above races closely resemble the typical 4. caudata 
in all other respects than those alluded to. 
TURKISH GONG! PATIL wa ie 
Acredula tephronota (Giinther.) 
Adult: Head as in A. vvsea ; back bluish-grey ; central tail- 
feathers black externally bordered with grey, especially towards 
