Til K TITS 



(ORDER: PdMrriformts. FAMILY: AirtW.| 

 PRELIMINARY CLASSIFIED NOTES 







[F. C. R. JOURDAIN. W. P. PYCRAFT. A. L. THOMSON. E. L. TURNER.] 



BRITISH LONQTAILED-TIT [Jlgithaltu cawfatu* 



(Blyth). Acredula rosta (Blyth). Bottle-tit, bottle-jug, featherpoke, long- 

 tailed pie, long -tailed capon, bumbarrel, mumruffin, miller's - thumb. 

 French, misange d tongue queue ; German, Schicanzmeise ; Italian, codi- 

 bugnolo.] 



I. Description. This bird may be readily distinguished by the combination 

 of black and rose-colour in the plumage, and the very long tail. (PI. 62.) Length 

 5*5 in. [139 mm.]. The centre of the crown is of a dull white, obscured by a more or 

 leas distinct tinge of dark brown occasionally striated with black ; on either side above 

 the eye runs a broad black band. The eyelid is surrounded by a ring of orange- 

 yellow, and the ear-coverts are dull white, more or less distinctly marked by dark 

 striations. The hind-neck and mantle are glossy black, the scapulars, lower back, 

 and rump rose-coloured, more or less mottled with black. The lesser wing and tail- 

 coverts, and the quills and tail feathers are black, the inner secondaries having broad, 

 white outer margins. The three outermost tail feathers have a streak of white along 

 the outer web and diagonally across the tip. The throat and fore-neck are white, 

 the latter with more or less dusky striations, the remainder of the under parts being 

 light rosy, the under tail-coverte inclining to chestnut. The sexes are alike. The 

 juvenile plumage differs from that of the adult in being duller, the black areas 

 having a rusty hue, while the rose-colour is wanting, [w. p. p.] 



a. Distribution. Our local race of this widely distributed species (which 

 ranges across the Eurasian continent to Japan) is resident in the British Isles, and 

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