THE LONG-TAILED TIT. 



Par us caudatus. 



HE Long-tailed Tit, or, as it 

 is very frequently called, 

 the " Bottle Tit/' as will be 

 seen by a glance at the illus- 

 tration, is diminutive in its 

 size and peculiar in its ap- 

 pearance. Dr. Leach and 

 many other naturalists have 

 hesitated to regard this little 

 bird as belonging to the 

 true Tits; and Mr. Yarrell 

 thus points out the dif- 

 ferences that suggested the 

 separation : " The five 

 species of Tits (viz., the Blue, 

 the Crested, the Cole, the 

 Marsh, and the Great Tit) 

 have short tails, almost even 

 or square at the end, the 

 feathers being nearly of uni- 

 form length ; legs, toes, and 

 claws rather short and 

 strong ; their nests are 

 loosely put together, gener- 



