54 PANURID.E. PARID.E. 



Family PANURID.E. 



Genus PANURUS Koch, Syst. d. baier. Zool. 1816, p. 201. 

 Type : P. biarmicus (Linn.). 

 Panurus = all tail, from TIUS and ovpa. 



Panurus biarmicus. BEARDED TITMOUSE. 



Parus biarmiCUS Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 190 : 

 Hoi stein. 



Panurus biarmicus (Linn.) ; Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. 1883. 

 p. 77 ; B. O. If. 1st ed. 1883, p. 24 ; Saunders, Manual, 

 2nd ed. 1899, p. 99. 



Biarmicus = of Perm, in eastern Russia. Probably confounded by Linnaeus 

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

 = bearded mannikin. 



Distribution in the British Islands. Resident and very 

 local, being now chiefly confined to the Broads district o 

 East Anglia, though also found in Devonshire. Outside these 

 areas it is an uncommon wanderer. Formerly it enjoyed 

 a much wider range and was a native of Cambridgeshire, 

 Huntingdon, Lincolnshire, Essex, Kent, and Sussex. It has. 

 recently been introduced at Hornsea Mere, east Yorkshire. 



General Distribution. The Bearded Tit breeds in Holland, 

 southern France, eastern Spain, Italy, and Greece. In 

 Hungary, Roumania and southern Russia, and from Asia 

 Minor through central Asia to Manchuria a distinct race, 

 P, b. russicus, Las been recognised. 



Family PARID^E. 



Genus PARTIS Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 189. 

 Type : P. major Linn. 



Parus = a Titmouse, in Carmen, de Philomel. 9 (about A.D. 500). Of 

 uncertain etymology. 



