ttti 



PARID.E. 25 



Biarmlcus = of Perm, in Eastern Bussia. Probably confused by Linmeus 

 with Albin's " Beardmanica " and the modern Dutch name " Baardmannetje " 

 = bearded mannikin. 



Resident in Norfolk and in jDambridsfeshire ; not known 

 for certain to occur in any other county at the present day. , 



An inhabitant of Europe and Central Asia in suitable 

 localities. 



Family PARID^E. 



Genus ACREDULA, Koch, Syst. d. baier. Zool. p. 199 



(1816). 



Acredula caudata. WHITE-HEADED LONG-TAILED 



TITMOUSE. 



Parus caudatus, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 342 (1766). 

 Parus caudatus, Naum. iv. p. 82. 

 Acredula caudata. Dresser, iii. p. 67. 



Caudata = tailed, i. e. with a conspicuous tail, cauda. 



Resident in Northern and Central Europe; accidentally 

 met with on the east coast of Great Britain. 



Acredula rosea. BRITISH LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. 



Mecistura rosea, Blylh, White's Nat. Hist. Selborne, 



p. Ill, note (1836). 



Mecistura longicaudata, Macg. ii. p. 454. 

 Parus caudatus, Hewitson, p. 158; Gray, p. 64; Yarr. ed. 2, 



i. p. 376; id. ed. 3, i. p. 401. 

 Mecistura caudata, Gould, ii. pis. 28, 29. 

 Acredula caudata, Newton, i. p. 504. 

 Acredula vagans, Newton, i. p. 508. 

 Acredula rosea, Harting, p. 21 ; Dresser, iii. p. 63. 

 Long-tailed Tit, Yarrell, ed. 1, i. p. 344. 



Rosea rose-coloured. 



Resident throughout the British Isles, excepting in the 

 extreme north; it extends to the Outer Hebrides; and its 

 numbers in Ireland have of late years increased. On the 

 continent it is met with in France, Belgium, and Germany. 



