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Italy. The only Grecian specimen we have seen differs considerably; and an examination of a series 1s 
necessary. 
4, A. tephronota. Hab. Turkey, North-western Asia Minor, and Persia. 
In Great Britain this species is excessively rare, and is replaced by a closely allied form (Acredula 
rosea), which never assumes the white head. Mr. J. H. Gumey, jun., writes that it has occurred 
in England only once for certain, viz. Mr. Hancock’s specimen; but there is another in the New- 
castle Museum, which may have been killed in Northumberland. Mr. Blyth, writing in the 
“Magazine of Natural History, speaks of one “in which the black markings on the head were 
nearly obsolete” (2nd series, vol. i. p. 203), but does not say in what part of England it was 
killed. Mr. Gatcombe also mentions (Zoologist, p. 2943) that when driving near Bridgwater, in 
October 1871, he saw a Bottle-Tit with a white head, which he supposed was this one. Its 
having been only recently admitted as a good species is no doubt the reason why it has not been 
noticed in this country oftener. Now that attention is drawn to it, it may be expected to turn 
up on the east coast not unfrequently, like the Black-breasted Dipper and other Scandinavian 
migrants. If the Golden-crested Wren can cross the German Ocean in such numbers, why 
should not the Bottle-Titmouse ? . 
Throughout Scandinavia it is found; and its range extends far north. Messrs. Harvie 
Brown and Alston write to us that they observed itin Norway in 1871, always in the valleys, 
and nowhere very numerous; two specimens which they killed had the eyelids bright ldemon- 
yellow instead of red, as in Acredula rosea. My. R. Collett writes that “it breeds commonly 
in most localities in the eastern parts of Norway, from Smaalehnene to above the polar circle, 
where, according to Sommerfelt, it is resident in the Saltdal, 67° N. lat. In the west it breeds 
sparingly in the interior, and is only seen on the coast in spring and autumn. On the fell-sides 
_ it goes as high as the upper part of the conifer region, where Schrader met with it at Aaseral ; 
and it occurs on the Dovre. In 1868 a nest was sent to our University Museum from the Dovre. 
Professor Sundevall gives its range as up to 62° or 63°N. lat.; and Nilsson states that this species 
is everywhere rare in Sweden. It is found breeding in the non-evergreen woods of Skane, but is 
nowhere common. According to C. Moller it breeds at Billinge; and according to Malmlen, 
near Gothenburg. In autumn and winter they rove about in small flocks, and are especially 
found in the alder swamps. In Finland, Mr. von Wright writes that “it occurs with us during 
migration, more especially in the autumn (October). A few certainly breed here, as I shot a 
family of young birds at Drumso in July. We never observed them near Kuopio during the 
summer, but only in the autumn and early in the spring, about March.” Mr. Sabanaeff refers to 
it as rare in the interior of Russia during the breeding-season, but as more numerous during 
migration, and sometimes wintering there. It breeds in the Government of Orloff; and Sabanaeff 
also found it in the Government of Perm. Severtzoff likewise met with it in the Voronege 
Government during migration. In Livonia and Ksthonia it is, according to Meyer, common and 
sedentary ; and throughout the whole of Northern Germany it is also a common bird, but is there 
a partial migrant. Our friend Mr. Benzon writes to us that it is not rare in Denmark, and is 
often seen in flocks out of the breeding-season and during the winter, when it approaches towns 
and inhabited places. It is common in Belgium throughout the year, and, as we are informed 
by Mr. Labouchere, equally so in Holland, being often observed near the towns in the winter 
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