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the eye ; Jack, wings, and tail hairy-brown, quills darker ; rump 
tinged with buff; ¢#voat black ; rest of under parts whitish, 
flanks tinged with buff; bill black; legs and feet lead 
colour; irides brown. Length 4°6 inches; culmen o°3 ; wing 
2°4; tail 2; tarsus 0°7. 
Young: Similar to adults, but have shorter crests. 
Distribution: Inhabits Northern and Central Europe. 
Breeds in some Scotch forests, but is very scarce elsewhere in 
Great Britain. 
Habitat: Fir forests, or deciduous woods. 
Genus ALGITHALUS. 
PENDULINE TIT. 
ZEgithalus pendulinus (Lzzz.) 
Adult Male: Cvown, nape, and throat white, slightly 
tinged with grey ; forehead, sides of head and ear-coverts black ; 
Sorepart of back chestnut, becoming ochreous towards rump ; 
wings and tail blackish, edged with white; breast whitish, 
tinged with yellow and somewhat marked with chestnut ; bill 
horn-colour, sharply pointed ; legs and feet black ; irides 
brown. Length 4°25 inches; culmen 0°35; wing 2°15; tail 
1°95 tarsus 0’5. 
Adult Female: White parts greyer; general plumage a 
little duller ; less black on the head. 
Young: Head ashy-grey, with no black ; back cream- 
coloured with no chestnut ; wings and tail margined with buff- 
ish-white or buff. 
Distribution: Resident in Southern Europe, ranging east- 
ward into Turkestan. 
Habitat : Woods, among poplar, alder and willow, &c. 
CHESTNUT-CROWNED TIT. 
fEgithalus castaneus Severiz. 
Adult Male: Cvown, nape and back chestnut, shading 
into ochreous towards rump; wings and tail as in 4. pendu- 
