BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 69 



Bearfceb {Titmouse. 



THE Bearded Titmouse (Panurus biarmicus, Linnaeus) is 

 a resident species in the British Islands, but is chiefly con- 

 fined to the vicinity of the Norfolk Broads. It is also a 

 resident in Europe and Central Asia. The adult male in 

 summer has the crown grey; moustachial line, black; 

 nape, back, and rump, rufous-brown ; scapulars, buffish- 

 white; lesser wing-coverts, greyish-brown, with buff tips; 

 greater wing-coverts, black, broadly margined and tipped 

 with rufous-brown ; wings, dark brown ; primaries, edged 

 broadly and tipped with white ; secondaries, edged with 

 russet ; throat, dull white ; breast, tinged with flesh colour ; 

 sides, reddish-buff; tail, which is graduated, reddish-fawn 

 colour ; outer feathers, with white edges ; under tail-coverts, 

 black ; irides, yellow ; bill, yellow ; legs and feet, black. 

 Length, about six inches. The female has no black mous- 

 tachial line. 



