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record as far as Dunkeld. Also breeds in parts of Spey valley, but 

 otherwise unknown in north, except for a few isolated records in 

 Moray area. Unknown I. and O. Hebrides, Shetlands and Orkneys. 



99. Parus atricapillus borealis Selys. THE NORTHERN 

 WILLOW-TITMOUSE. 



PARUS BOREALIS Selys-Longchamps, Bull. Ac. Bruxelles, x, 2, p. 28 

 (1843 Iceland errore ! The type came from Norway). 

 Pants borealis (Selys-Longch.), Grant, Bull. B.O.C., xxm, p. 34 ; id. 

 Brit. B.,n, p. 277. 



DISTRIBUTION. England. One, Tetbury (Gloucester), March, 1907. 

 Also thought to have been seen at Welwyn (Herts.), Jan. 12, 1908 

 (ut supra}. 



DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. Scandinavia, north and north-west 

 Russia, Russian Baltic provinces, and East Prussia. In winter, 

 vagrant and appearing elsewhere (Poland, Orenburg, etc.). 



^EGITHALOS CAUDATUS 



100. ^Egithalos caudatus caudatus (L.) THE NORTHERN 

 LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. 



PARUS CAUDATUS Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 190 (1758 " Habitat 



in Europa." Restricted typical locality : Sweden). 



Acredula caudata (Linnaeus), Yarrell, i, p. 504 (part) ; Saunders, p. 101 



(part). 



DISTRIBUTION. England. One found dead Tynemouth (Northum- 

 berland) Nov., 1852 (Hancock, Birds North. & Durham, p. 77). One 

 said to have been obtained at Dover (Kent) prior to 1889, is at 

 Rochester (Hist. Birds Kent, p. 76). 



DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. North and east Europe to Siberia and 

 north Japan ( Jesso) ; in winter vagrant and appearing in central and 

 west Europe. Replaced in central and south Europe, Asia Minor, 

 Caucasus, Crimea, Persia, China and south Japan by other races. 



1 01. iEgithalos caudatus roseus (Blyth) THE BRITISH 

 LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. 



MECISTURA ROSEA Blyth, in Gilb. White, Nat. Hist. Selborne, p. Ill 



(1836 England). 



Mecistura vagans Leach, Cat. Mamm. Birds Brit. Mus., p. 17 (1816 



Xo description). 



Mecistura longicauda MacGillivray, Hist. Brit. B., 11, p. 454 (part). 



Acredula caudata (Linnaeus), Yarrell, i, p. 504 (part) ; Saunders, p. 101 



(part) ; A. c. rosea (Blyth), Hartert, Brit. B., i, p. 217. 



DISTRIBUTION. British Isles. Resident. Generally distributed in 

 most parts, but rare in some very barren districts and in Isle of 



