60 PARID.E. 



^Igithalus caudatUS. WHITE-HEADED 

 LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. 



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

 Sweden. 



Acredula caudata (Linn.) ; Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. 1883, 

 p. 59 ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 25 ; Saunders, Manual, 

 2nd ed. 1899, p. 101. 



Caudatus = with a conspicuous tail. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Rare Visitor. Has 

 occurred in Northumberland, Nov. 1852 ; in Kent, prior to 

 1889 ; and Essex, March 1912. The four birds recorded 

 from Unst, the most northerly of the Shetland Islands, in 

 April 1860, were probably of this race. 



General Distribution. The northern race of the Long- 

 tailed Tit breeds in northern and eastern Europe, Siberia, 

 and northern Japan. It occurs occasionally in winter in 

 central and western Europe, as far as Belgium and France. 

 Other forms inhabit the rest of Europe and parts of Asia. 



yCgithalus caudatus roseus. BRITISH 

 LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. 



Mecistura rosea Blyth, White's Nat. Hist. Selborne, 1836, 

 p. Ill, note : England. 



Acredula rosea (Blytli) ; Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. 1883, 

 p. 61 ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 25 ; Saunders, Manual, 

 2nd ed. 1899, p. 101. 



Roseus = rosy. 



Distribution in the British Islands. Resident and widely 

 distributed in woodland districts, but rare or unknown in the 

 less wooded portions of the Scottish Highlands. 



General Distribution. The British race of the Long-tailed 

 Tit probably breeds in western central Europe and occurs in 

 winter in southern France and the Pyrenees to northern Italy. 



