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PARUS BRITANNICUS. 
(ENGLISH COAL TITMOUSE.) 
Parus britannicus, Sharpe and Dresser, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) viii. p. 437 (1871). 
Parus ater auctt. Britt. (nec Linn.). 
Coal Tit, Cole Tit, Cole Titmouse, Colemouse, English. 
Figure notabiles. 
Gould, B. of Eur. iii. pl. 155; Yarr. Brit. B. i. p. 337; Gould, B. of Gt. Br. part 2. 
$ vern. pileo summo et collo postico laterali nitidé indigotico-nigris: plagd nuchali magné, genis cum regione 
paroticé tota et colli lateribus, albis: dorso cinerascenti-olivaceo, uropygio fulvescente: tectricibus 
alarum minimis dorso concoloribus, medianis et majoribus et ald spurid nigricantibus, extiis cinereo 
marginatis et conspicué albo terminatis, fasciam duplicem alarem formantibus: remigibus cinerascenti- 
brunneis, extts sordidé olivascenti-cinereo limbatis, secundariis intimis conspicué albo terminatis: 
cauda cinerascenti-brunned, rectricibus externé virescenti-olivaceo marginatis: gutture toto nigro: 
corpore reliquo subtus albido, hypochondriis et subcaudalibus fulvescenti-brunneis: subalaribus albidis 
fulvescente lavatis: rostro nigricanti-corneo: pedibus plumbeis: iride saturaté brunnea. 
Q ad. vix a mari distinguenda, paulld sordidior. 
Piil. hiem. similis ptilosi zestivee, sed dorso omnino olivascente vel ochrascente distinguenda. 
Pull. pileo brunnescenti-nigro, lanugine fuscé posticé ornato: dorso claré viridescenti-olivaceo: tectricum 
alarum maculis apicalibus flavicanti-albis: genis, colli lateribus et corpore toto subtus leté citrinis, 
hypochondriis paullo brunnescentibus: rostro corneo, rictu flavicante: pedibus brunnescenti-corneis. 
Adult Male in spring plumage. Crown of the head glossy blue-black; a large white patch on the nape 
extending to the interscapulary region, and bordered on each side by the black of the head; cheeks, 
ear-coverts, and sides of the neck white; back greyish, with a strong wash of yellowish olive; the 
rump clear buff; least wing-coverts coloured like the back, the median and greater ones blackish, 
externally bordered with greyish, and conspicuously tipped with white, forming a double alar bar; 
quills ashy brown, edged externally with dull olive-grey, the innermost secondaries tipped with white ; 
tail-feathers ashy brown, externally margined with greenish olive, especially near the base of the 
feathers ; the entire throat black; the remainder of the under surface of the body whitish; the flanks 
and under tail-coverts brownish buff; under wing-coverts whitish, washed with buff; bill blackish 
horn-colour; feet leaden-grey ; iris dark brown. Total length 4°2 inches, culmen 0:4, wing 2:8, 
tail 1:7, tarsus 0°7. 
Adult Female. Seems to be exactly similar to the adult male, but the colours slightly duller. 
Adults in winter plumage. Differ only from the spring livery in being much more olive on the back, and 
haying the feathers a little duller, with scarcely so much gloss on the head. 
