160 ACREDULA 



the present sub-species, but Acredula senex Madarasz, from the 

 north Caucasus differs in having the head white and the back 

 paler and greyer. Culmen O25, wing 2*35, tail 3'1, tarsus 0'55 inch. 



228. SUBSP. ACREDULA SICULA. 



Acredula sicula, Whitaker, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club. xi. p. 52 (1901); 

 id. Ibis. 1902, p. 54, pi. ii. 



$ ad. (Sicily). Eesembles A. caucasica, differing in having the 

 wings and tail shorter, the brown on the sides of the crown paler, the 

 white median stripe on the crown less pronounced, the feathers there 

 being partly streaked with brown ; bill and legs blackish brown ; iris 

 dark hazel, eyelid yellowish. Culmen 5'0, wing, 2'25, tail 2'9, tarsus 

 0'6 inch. 



Hob. Sicily. 



Appears to be peculiar to Sicily, where it inhabits the 

 wooded inland districts, and breeds in the higher mountain 

 forests. In habits and nidification it is said not to differ from 

 A. caudata. 



229. SUBSP. ACREDULA MACEDONICA. 



Acredula macedonica, Salvad. and Dresser, Bull. B. 0. Club, i. p. xv 

 (1892) ; Dresser, ix. p. Ill, pi. 6(35, fig. 1. 



Ad. (Greece). Upper parts as in A. rosea, but the black bands on the 

 sides of the crown are conspicuously broader, and extend to the base of the 

 bill ; under parts white, sides of the throat faintly striated with grey, and 

 a narrow blackish grey band passes across the breast ; the throat being also 

 faintly marked with dark grey ; flanks washed with rose ; bill and legs 

 black ; iris dark brown. Culmen 0'3, wing 2'4, tail 3*5, tarsus 0'6 inch. 

 Sexes alike. 



Hob. Resident in Greece, and probably also in Macedonia 

 -and Bulgaria. 



Respecting its habits and nidification nothing is on record. 



230. TURKISH LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. 

 ACREDULA TEPHRONOTA. 



Acredula tephronola, (Giinther), Ibis. 1865, p. 95, pi. 4; Dresser, iii. 

 p. 75, pi. 105, fig. 2 ; A. poeltzami, (Severtz.) Turk. Jevot. p. 135, 

 pi. 8, fig. 1 ; Gadow, Cat. B. Br. Mus. viii. p. 64. 



Ad. (Asia Minor). Resembles A. irbii, but has a large blackish grey 

 spot on the centre of the throat ; the white on the crown tinged with brown ; 

 .under parts dull white, with a few indistinct stripes on the breast ; flanks 



