244 INSESSORES. PARUS. Titmouse. 



gether with the berries of the juniper, and other evergreen 

 shrubs. 



It is only found in such parts of Europe as afford localities 

 congenial to its habits. 



Plate 43. Fig. 6. Natural size. 

 General Bill black. Coronal feathers much elongated, and when 

 tion."^' erected, forming a conical crest ; their colour black, 



deeply margined with white. Cheeks yellowish-whitey 

 with a few black specks. Ear-coverts, and streak below 

 the eye, black ; behind which is a collar of white, mar- 

 gined by a black line. Chin and throat black. Upper 

 parts pale yellowish-brown, with a tinge of oil-green. 

 Under parts white, tinged with ochreous-yellow, deepest 

 towards the vent. Legs and toes bluish-grey. 



BEARDED TITMOUSE. 



Parvs biarmicus, Linn. 

 PLATE LI. Figs. 6. 



Parus biarmicus, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 342. 12. — Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 1011 — LatJu 

 Ind. Ornith. v. 2. p. 570. sp. 23. 



Parus barbatus, Briss. 3. p. 5G7. 12. 



Le Mesange barbue ou moustache, Buff. Ois. v. 5. p. 518. t. 18. — Id. PI. 

 Enl. p. (J18. f. 1. and 2 Temm. Man. d'Ornith. v. 1. p. 298. 



Bartmeise, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. v. 3. p. 888 — Meyer., Tasschenb. Deut. 

 V. 1. p. 273. — Frisch, V'og. t. 8. f. 2. male. 



Baartmees, Sep. Nederl, Vdg. v. 1. t. p. 85. 



Bearded Titmouse, Br. Zool. 1. No. 167 — Arct. Zool. 2. No. 248. K — 



Lath. Syn. 4. p. 552. 2 Albin. t. 48. — Lewhi's Br. Birds, v. 3. t. 122 — 



Mom/. Ornith. Diet Id. Sup,— JFa/c. Syn. 2. t, 148 — Bewick' sl^r. Birds, 



V. 1. p. t. 240. male Shaw's Zool. 10. p. 62. t. 7- copy from Bewick. 



The habits of this beautiful bird cause it to be very par- 

 tially distributed, and it has only hitherto been met with in 

 some peculiar situations, chiefly in the southern part of the 

 kingdom. It lives amongst the reeds that fringe the banks 

 of some of our rivers, and that form a considerable portion of 



