54 PANURID^. — PAEID^. 



Family PANURID^. 

 Genus PANURUS Koch, Syst. d. baier. Zool. 1816, p. 201. 

 Type : P. biarmicus (Linn.). 



Panurus = all tail, from ■aas and olipa, 



Panurus biarmicus. Beaeded Titmouse. 



Parus biarmicus Limueus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 190 : 



Holstein. 



Panurus biarmicus (Linn.) ; Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. 1883, 

 p. 77; B. O. U. 1st ed. 1883, p. 24; Saunders, Manual, 

 2nd ed. 1899, p. 99. 



Biarmicus = of Perm, in eastern Eussia. Probably confounded by Linnseus 

 with AJbin's " Beardmanioa " and the modern Dutch name " Baardmannetje '' 

 = bearded mannikin. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — Resident and very 

 local, being now chiefly confined to the Broads district of 

 East Anglia, though also found in Devonshire. Outside these 

 areas it is an uncommon wanderer. Formerly it enjoyed 

 a much wider range and was a native of Cambridgeshire, 

 Huntingdon, Lincolnshire, Essex, Kent, and Sussex. It has 

 recently been introduced at Hornsea Mere, east Yorkshire. 



General Distribution. — The Bearded Tit breeds in Holland, 

 southern France, eastern Spain, Italy, and Greece. In 

 Hungary, Roumania and southern Hussia, and from Asia 

 Minor through central Asia to Manchuria a distinct race, 

 P. b. nissicus, has been recognised. 



Family PARID^. 

 Genus PARUS Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 189. 

 Type : P. major Linn. 



Parus = a Titmouse, in Carmen, de Philomel. 9 (about A.D. 500). Of 

 uncertain etymology. 



