BEARDED TIT 



1NSESSORES. 



DENTI HOXTKKS. 



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PARID^E. 



THE BEARDED TIT. 



Calamophilus Uarmicus. 



Parus Uarmicus , Bearded Titmouse^ PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 540. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 293. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 81. 



SELBV, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 244. 



Calamopldlus JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 125. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. iv. 



Parus Mesange moustaclte, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 298. 



CALAMOPHILUS. Generic Characters. Beak nearly as in the genus Parus, 

 but the upper mandible at its tip is somewhat curved downwards. Wings short, 

 with the fourth feather the longest. Tail very long and graduated. Legs and 

 toes strong, particularly the hind toe and claw. 



THE BEARDED TIT, here figured, was also separated from 

 the genus Parus by Dr. Leach, in the " Systematic Cata- 

 logue of the Specimens of the Indigenous Mammalia and 

 Birds in the British Museum," already referred to, and 



