26 PARID.E. 



Genus PARUS, Linnam, Syst. Nat. i. p. 340 (1766). 



Pdrus = a titmouse, in Carm. de Phil. 9 (about A.D. 500). Of uncertain 

 etymology. 



Parus major. GREAT TITMOUSE. 

 Par us maj or, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 341 (1766). 



Parus major, Naum. iv. p. 9 ; Hewitson, p. 149 ; Gray, p. 61 ; 



Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 358; id. ed. 3, i. p. 383; Newton, i. 



p. 479 ; Gould) ii. pi. 23 ; Harting, p. 20 ; Dresser, iii. 



p. 79. 



Parus fringillago, Macg. ii. p. 425. 

 Great Tit, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 326. 



Major = greater. 



A common resident, breeding in every county, in the shel- 

 tered and wooded districts. Breeds throughout Central and 

 Southern Europe, Western Siberia, Turkestan, and Persia, 

 and in most of the countries of Africa in the basin of the 

 M edit err anean . 



Parus ater. CONTINENTAL COAL TITMOUSE. 



Parus ater, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 341 (1766). 

 Parus ater, Naum. iv. p. 34 ; Dresser, iii. p. 87. 



Ater = lustreless black, opposed to niger = glossy black. 



This form has occurred in Great Britain (Norfolk) . It is 

 found over the whole continent of Europe, and in North- 

 western Asia. 



Parus britannicus. BEITISH COAL TITMOUSE. 



Parus britannicus, Sharpe Dresser, Ann. & Mag. 

 Nat. Hist. (4) viii. p. 437 (1871). 



Parus ater, Macg. ii. p. 440; Hewitson, p. 156; Gray, p. 62; 

 Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 369; id. ed. 3, i. p. 394; Newton, i. 

 p. 489; Gould, ii. pi. 25; Harting, p. 21. 



