PAEID S. 



PARID-3B. Arboreal. 



45. LONG-TAILED TIT. Acredula caudata (Linnaeus). Eesident. 



Male. Entire head white. In the British race (named A. rosea) both 

 sexes have the crown black with white stripe down the centre. Inter- 

 mediate forms occur. 



Female. Crown white with dusky lateral stripe. 



Adults. Eyelids orange-red, yellow in young. Length 5| inches 

 including tail 3|. 



46. GREAT TIT. Parus major, Linnaeus. Eesident. 



l^lf Male. Crown bluish black ; cheeks white ; black stripe along the 

 middle of the greenish-yellow breast and belly. 



Female. Similar, but black stripe below not so extended. Length 6 

 inches. 



47. BLUE TIT. Parus cceruleus, Linnaeus. Eesident. 

 C** Crown and wing-coverts azure-blue. Length 4| inches. 



48. COAL TIT. Parus ater, Linnaeus. Eesident/ 



Head black ; nape and cheeks white ; wing-coverts tipped with white, 

 forming two bars on the wing ; back bluish grey in winter. Length 4J 

 inches. The Coal Tit found in British Islands is also separated as 

 P. britannicus because the back is brownish in winter, in summer plumage 

 there is scarcely any distinction ; intermediate forms occur. 



49. MARSH-TIT. Parus palustris, Linnaeus. Eesident, as far north 

 as the Forth. 



Back greyish brown; crown, chin, throat, and nape glossy black. 

 Length 4| inches. 



Europe. 50. CRESTED TIT. Parus cristatus, Linnaeus. Eesident only in the 



pine-forests of Central Scotland. 



fc^l General colour greyish brown; throat black; crown dull black, all 



the feathers tipped and edged with white, and the hinder feathers long 

 and pointed, forming a conspicuous crest. Length 4| inches. 



PANUEID^E. 



51. BEARDED SEEDLING. Panurus biarmicus (Linnaeus). Eesident, 

 ~ but very local ; only found among reed-beds. 



Tail fawn-coloured, about three inches long, graduated, and slightly 

 curving downwards. 



Male. Bill yellow; head grey; black moustachial stripe. General 

 colour above tawny buff. 



female. Paler : no moustachial stripe ; head fawn-colour. 



Young. Like female, but head and back slightly striped with black. 

 Length 6 inches. 



