OF NORTHtnsiBEELAK'D AND DTJEHAM. 77 



78. P(ECILE, Kaup. 



93. Maesh Titmouse. P. paltjsteis, {Zinnmis.) 



Panis pahidrifi, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed, 1847, I., 209. 



,, „ Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 2, I., 372. 



A resident. Generally and abundantly distributed. 



79. ORITES, Moebring. 



94. Long-tailed Titmouse. 0. caudatus, [Linnmis.) 

 Parus caudatus, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, I., 210. 



„ ,, Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 2, I., 376. 



The Parus caudatus of Linnaeus, " P. vertice alio, cauda corpore 

 longiore,''^ is the white headed form which inhabits the northern 

 parts of Europe. An individual of this interesting form is in the 

 Newcastle Museum ; it was one of the old WyclifEe collection, 

 but there is no record of the place where it was taken. This 

 specimen had attracted the attention of Bewick, for I have seen 

 a coloured drawing of it in the possession of the daughters of our 

 celebrated townsman. 



A fine specimen (Plate IX) was found dead at Tynemouth, in 

 !N'oYember, 1852, and was presented to me by the late "W. J. 

 Eorster, Esq., and is now in my collection. It was in a very 

 good state of preservation, and, when picked up, could not have 

 been dead more than a day or two. It had probably just arrived 

 fi'om the north of Europe. 



The strong definition and contrast of the black and white are 

 very striking in this form, and it is somewhat larger than British 

 specimens. 



The British form has been described in Sharp and Dresser's 

 "Bii'ds of Em'ope," Part XIY., p. 104, as a distinct species, un- 

 der the name Acredula rosea, but I think without sufficient rea- 

 son. It is distinguishable from the Linnsean form by having, in 

 the mature state, a nearly black supercilium. 



These authors have figured the young bird of their Acredula 



