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Parus major. CONTINENTAL GREAT TITMOUSE. 



Parus major Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 189 : Sweden. 



Parus major Linn. ; Gadow, Cat. Birds B. J viii. 1883, p. 19 



(part.) ; G. B. Ticehurst, British Birds, iv. 1911, p. 247. 

 Major = greater. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Visitor from the 

 Continent and irregular in occurrence and numbers. It has 

 occurred in Fair Isle, Shetlands, the Isle of May, Fife, the 

 east and south-east coasts of England, and in the Scilly 

 Islands. - 



General Distribution. The Continental Great Tit breeds 

 in Europe and western Siberia, from the Arctic Circle 

 in Norway to the Mediterranean and east to the Altai 

 Mountains. It is represented by allied forms in Greece, 

 some of the Mediterranean Islands, north-west Africa, and 

 many parts of Asia. 



Parus major newtoni. BRITISH GREAT TITMOUSE. 



Parus major newtoni Prazdk, On. Jahrb. v. 1894, 

 p. 239 : England. 



Parus major Linn. ; Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. 1883, p. 19 

 (part.) ; B. 0. 17. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 26 ; Saunders, Manual, 

 2nd ed. 1899, p. 103. 



Newtoni, in honour of Professor Alfred Newton of Cambridge (1829-1907). 



Distribution. Resident and common in England, Wales, 

 and Ireland ; and in Scotland except the Highlands, where 

 it becomes gradually scarcer towards the north. It is not 

 known to occur outside the British Isles. 



Parus ater. CONTINENTAL COAL-TITMOUSE. 



Parus ater Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 190 : Sweden. 

 Parus ater Linn. ; Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. 1883, p. 40 ; 



