TITMICE. 35 



MAKSH TITMOUSE. Parus palustris, L. 



Yarrell, i. p. 495 ; Hurting, p. 2 1 ; Dresser, iii. p. 99 ; Seebohm, 

 i. p. 476 ; /6zs &, p. 27. 



The Marsh Titmouse is resident and locally abun- 

 dant, frequenting well-timbered parks and shrub- 

 beries without reference to the neighbourhood of 

 water, although equally partial to marshy places and 

 river- sides. Mr. Seebohm divides the species into 

 eight varieties, each of which he considers occupies 

 a well-defined geographical area. One of them, Parus 

 borealis, Mr. Dresser regards as a distinct species. 



LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. Acredula caudata, (L.) 



Yarrell, i. p. 504; Acredula rosea, Hart ing, p. 21 ; Dresser, iii. 

 p. 63 ; Seebohm, i. p. 486 ; Ibis List, p. 25 ; Parus caudatus, 

 Pulteney's List, p. ro. 



The Long-tailed Titmouse is a resident, frequent- 

 ing woods, shrubberies, and orchards. It is gregari- 

 ous during the autumn and winter, when it may be 

 seen in small flocks flitting from tree to tree in search 

 of food. Like the Coal Titmouse, the British form 

 of the Long-tailed Titmouse (rosea of Blyth 1 ) differs 

 from Linnaeus' s Scandinavian form, Parus caudatus, 

 which has a white head, and is occasionally met 

 with in these islands. 



1 White's " Natural History of Selborne," edited by Blyth, 1836, 

 p. in, note. 



