THE LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. 



ACREDULA CAUDATA. 



ELEGANT in form and attractive also in colour, the 

 Long- tailed Titmouse arrests attention by the 

 singularity of its appearance and of its actions. Its 

 remarkably soft fluffy plumage, when disarranged 

 by the wind, causes the body to resemble a tiny 

 animated puff-ball, while its long tail seems wholly 

 disproportionate to the length of its body. 



In many respects this little bird differs structur- 



