CALAMOPHILUS BIARMICUS. 
(BEARDED REEDLING.) 
Parus biarmicus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 8342 (1766). 
Parus russicus, 8. G. Gmelin, Reise durch Russl. ii. p. 164, t. 10 (1774). 
Calamophilus biarmicus, Leach, Syst. Cat. Mamm. &c. Brit. Mus. p. 17 (1816). 
Panurus biarmicus, Koch, Syst. d. Baier. Zool. p. 202 (1816). 
Mystacinus biarmicus, Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 556. 
Aigithalus biarmicus, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 975. 
Mystacinus russicus, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 472 (1831). 
Mystacinus arundinaceus, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 474 (1831). 
Mystacinus dentatus, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 474 (1831). 
Calamophilus barbatus, Keys. & Blas. Wirb. Eur. p. xlii (1840). 
Paroides biarmicus, Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 193 (1847). 
Panurus barbatus, Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 208. 
Mésange & moustaches, French; Bart-Rohrmeise, German; Het Baardmannetje, Dutch ; 
Skjaeg-meise, Danish; Basettino, Italian; Sinitsa Borodavka, Russian. 
& pileo pulchre cano: loris et striga mystacali nigerrimis: dorso toto fulvescenti-rufo: scapularibus albis : 
tectricibus alarum minimis cinereis fulvo lavatis, medianis nigris rufo marginatis, majoribus rufis ad 
basin nigris : margine alari et ala spuria albis, hac nigro varia: remigibus brunneis, primariis late albo 
marginatis : secundariis rufo marginatis: pennis dorsalibus pogonio interno albo: cauda ferruginea, 
rectricibus extimis albicanti-cinereo lavatis, duabus proximis extus nigricanti-cinereo lavatis: gutture 
et corpore subtus medio albicantibus: corpore lateribus fulvescenti-rufis, pectore superiore pulchre 
roseo tincto: crisso nigerrimo: subalaribus albis : rostro aurantiaco: pedibus nigris: iride aurantiaca. 
2 fulvescenti-rufa, pileo concolori: ptilosi reliqua ut in mari colorata, sed striga mystacali nulla et coloribus 
conspicue sordidioribus distinguenda. 
Juv. feminz adult similis, sed pileo lateraliter et dorso nigro longitudinaliter notatis: cauda dilute nec lete 
ferruginea: rostro brunnescenti-corneo, flavo tincto. 
Pull. \ete fulvus, dorso medio nigro: tectricibus alarum et remigibus nigris, secundariis interioribus fulvo 
marginatis: cauda nigra, rectricibus mediis fere fulvis. 
Adult Male. ead clear blue-grey; lores, a demi-eyebrow, and a moustachial stripe, consisting of long 
pointed feathers, black; back rich fawn; scapulars white, somewhat tinged with fulvous; least wing- 
coverts greyish, edged with fulvous, the median coverts for the most part black, tipped with fawn, the 
greater coverts so broadly edged with fawn that they seem to be entirely of this colour, the black bases 
of the feathers being entirely hid; edge of the wing white; primary coverts black, very broadly edged 
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