ACREDULA TEPHRONOTA. 
(TURKISH LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE.) 
Orites tephronotus, Giinther, Ibis, 1865, p. 95. 
Acredula tephronota, Sharpe, Ibis, 1868, p. 302. 
Parus tephronotus, Gray, Hand-l. of B. i. p. 234 (1869). 
Figura unica. 
Giinther, Ibis, 1865, pl. 4. 
¢ ad. pileo cinerascenti-albido, utrinque strigd lata nitidé nigra marginato: dorso toto pallidé cinereo, uro- 
pygio diluté rosaceo: tectricibus alarum nigris, majoribus angusté albo marginatis et terminatis: 
remigibus nigricantibus extis cineraceo, secundariis latits albido limbatis: rectricibus nigris, externis 
quatuor apicem versus gradatim albis: mento, loris et genis anticis albidis, supercilio et regione parotica 
cinerascentibus: colli lateribus albidis, distincté nigro lineatis: guld ima sordidé cinerea, maculam 
exhibente: gutture fulvescente, vix brunneo lineato: corpore reliquo subtis fulvescenti-albo, hypo- 
chondriis et subcaudalibus rosaceis: subalaribus albis: rostro nigro: pedibus nigris: iride pallide 
brunnescenti-rubra : annulo ophthalmico aurantiaco. 
¢ haud a mari distinguenda. 
Adult Male. Crown of the head white, considerably washed with ashy, especially on the forehead ; sides of 
the crown glossy black, extending from above the fore part of the eye to the nape, and forming a broad 
border on each side of the white crown; entire back clear bluish grey, somewhat varied with white on 
the interscapulary region; rump tinged with clear rose-colour; upper wing-coverts black, the least 
ones washed with grey, the inner, greater, and median coverts brownish, with narrow pale margins; 
quills ashy brown, with a narrow outer margin of greyish, broader on the secondaries, the dorsal ones 
having the inner web paler ashy-brown; upper tail-coverts greyish; tail-feathers black, the central 
feathers externally bordered with greyish, especially near the base, the third feather on each side 
whitish on the tip of the outer web, the three outermost white on the outer web, and having the tip of 
the inner web also white, gradually increasing in extent towards the outermost rectrix, which is almost 
entirely white; sides of the face ashy white, the ear-coverts streaked with brownish ; sides of the neck 
greyish, distinctly striped with black; chin white, the lower throat dark greyish, almost black, forming 
a conspicuous spot; breast whitish, with a few indistinct stripes of greyish brown; rest of the under 
surface of the body whitish down the centre, the flanks, vent, and under tail-coverts pale rose-colour ; 
bill black; feet black; iris of a light brownish-red colour, with an outer bluish-white ring; eye-ring 
orange. ‘Total length 4:8 inches, culmen 0°3, wing 1°35, tail 2°8, tarsus 0°17. 
Adult Female. Exactly similar to the male. 
Winter plumage. Not quite so bright as in summer, the back somewhat paler grey, and the throat-spot not 
quite so distinct, owing to its being obscured to a slight extent by ashy margins to the feathers. 
To Mr. Robson, of Constantinople, belongs the credit of having first called attention to the fact 
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