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d. Crimean Long tailed Tit, JE. caudatus tauricus (Menzb.). 



jE. caudatus tauricus (Menzb.). Hartert, Yog. Pal. Fauna, p. 385. 



Breeding Range: The Crimean peninsula. 



Menzbier describes this race as found in the forests of the 

 Yaila range. 



e. Macedonian Long: tailed Tit, ]E. caudatus macedonicus (Dress.). 



Acredula macedonica Sal v. & Dr. Dresser, Birds of Europe, IX, p. Ill 

 and Man. Pal. Birds, p. 160. j^g caudatus macedo)nca (Dress.). Hartert, 

 Vog. Pal. Fauna, p. 385. 



In Greece this race has been recorded from Mt. Olympus (Thessalia) 

 and the Othrys range on the E. side and in Acarnania on the W., but 

 does not occur in the Peloponesus. In Turkey specimens have been 

 obtained as far N. as Monastir. Little is known as to the nidification 

 of this race, but Reiser found a perfect egg in the oviduct of a hen 

 killed on March 4. 



f. Irby's Long: tailed Tit, M. caudatus irbii (Sh. & Dres.). 



Foreign Names: Italy: Codihugnolo. Portugal: Rabilongo. Spain: 

 Mito. 



Acr. irbii Sh. & Dr.. Dresser, Birds of Europe, III, p. 105; id. Man. 

 Pal. Birds, p. 159. Acg. caudatus irbii (Sh. & Dr.). Hartert, Vog. Pal. 

 Fauna, p. 386. 



Breeding Range: The Iberian Peninsula, Corsica, S. France, and 

 Italy, except in the extreme N., but not in Sardinia or Sicily. 



In Spain it is very local, but common in the Gibraltar cork woods, con- 

 and is also found on the foot hills of the S. Morena, near Araniuez etc. *'"«"*^i 



Kurope. 



It is apparently absent from the district N. of the Cantabrian range 

 (where the resident form may prove to be roseus), but occurs locally in 

 Portugal. It is also met with in the S. of France, and according to 

 Sharpe has been obtained near Paris, while in Corsica it is not un- 

 common, and is also resident on Elba. In Italy it is sedentary in the 

 Middle and Southern provinces, but in summer occurs on passage and 

 is also found breeding in the North, as far as Venice in the E. and the 

 Riviera in the W. After the breeding season it becomes nomadic in its 

 habits, and has occurred in the Tyrol etc. 



Generally placed some 15 — 16 ft. from the ground in thorny Smilax Nest. 

 round tree trunks in S. Spain, and among brambles, bushes, or in branches 

 of olive and myrtle trees in Corsica. In construction it resembles that 

 of other races. 



Usually 7 in number, occasionally as many as 9, and indistinguis- Eggs. 

 hable from those of other forms. 



