Titmouse. INSESSORES. PARUS. 241 



LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. 



Parus caudatus, Linn. 

 PLATE LI. Fig. 5. 



Parus caudatus, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 342. 11 — Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 1010. sp. 11 — 



Lath. Ind. Ornith- v. 2. p. 569, sp. 20 — Rait Svn. p. 74. A. 5 — Will. 



p. 176. t. 43. 

 Parus longicaudatus, Briss. 3. p. 570. 13. 

 Le Mesange a longue queue, Buff. Ois. v. 5. p. 437- t. 19.— Id. PL EnL 



502. f. 3. female Temm. Man. d'Ornith. v. 1. p. 296. 



Schwantzmeise, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. v. 3, p. 879 — Meyer, Tasschenb. 



Deut. V. 1. p. 272. 

 Staartmees, Sep. Nederel. Vo^. v. 1. t. p. 49. 

 Long-tailed Titmouse, Br. Zool. 1. No. 166 — Arct. Zool. 2. p. 248. 9 — 



Will. (Ang.) p. 242 Lath. Svn. 4. p. 550 — Td. Supp. p. 190 — Albin, 2. 



t. 57. fig. 1 Lewin's Br. Birds, 3. t. 121. — Mont. Ornith. Diet — Wale. 



Syn. 2. 249 Pult. Cat. Dorset, p. 10 — Bewick's Br. Birds, v. 1. p. t. 243. 



— Shaw's Zool. 10. p. 59. 



Provincial — Long-tail Mag, Long-tail Pie, Huckmuck, Bottle Tom, 

 Mum-lluffiatt. 



This handsome little species of Titmouse is plentifully 

 dispersed through the kingdom^ but from seldom quitting 

 the recesses of its native woods, does not frequently come 

 under the notice of the common observer. — Its food consists p^g^^ 

 entirely of insects, with their eggs and larvae, for which it is 

 in constant search amongst the branches and foliage of the 

 trees. In this pursuit it displays all the singular attitudes that 

 so particularly distinguish this genus, running up and down 

 the branches with the greatest agility, and hanging in an in- 

 verted position from the ends of the small twigs. Like the 

 Blue Titmouse, it will sometimes nip off the buds, in order 

 to arrive at some included larva. Its usual calls are a weak 

 chirp, and a hoarser double note, chiefly used when flitting 

 from one tree to another. Its notes in the spring, however, 

 are more varied, and it can utter a pleasing, though low and 

 short song. — Its nest is a structure of great interest and j^^j.^ ^^ 

 beautv, and is commonly fixed in one of the smaller forks of 



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