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to be quite distinct from each other, agree with the Japanese Tit in 

 having white foreheads. It is possible, however, that the white 

 forehead is not an important character, and that the affinities of 

 the Japanese Tit may be with Parus rufonuchalis, Parus melanolo- 

 phus, and Parus beavani. 



54. ACREDULA CAUDATA. 



(CONTINENTAL LONG-TAILED TIT.) 



Parus caudatus, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 342 (1766). 



The Continental Long-tailed Tit may be recognized by its long 

 tail and white head and neck. 



Figures : Dresser, Birds of Europe, iii. pi. 104. 



The Continental Long-tailed Tit is a common resident in the 

 island of Yezzo, bat is not known to cross the Strait of Tsugaru to 

 the more southerly islands. I have an example collected by Captain 

 Blakiston at Hakodadi in February, and a second collected by Mr. 

 Hanson in the same locality on the 35th of October (Swinhoe, Ibis, 

 1874, p. 156). 



The Continental Long-tailed Tit is only an occasional visitor to 

 the British Islands, but its breeding-range extends across Europe 

 and Southern Siberia to Japan. 



55. ACREDULA TRIVIRGATA. 



(JAPANESE LONG-TAILED TIT.) 



Parus trivirgatusjlewaiiack and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Aves, p. 71 (1847). 



The Japanese Long-tailed Tit has a black stripe on each side of 

 the crown and on the lores. 



Figures : Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Aves, pi. 34 ; 

 Dresser, Birds of Europe, iii. pi. 103. 



The Japanese Long-tailed Tit is a resident in Southern Japan, 

 breeding on the mountains and wintering in the plains (Blakiston and 

 Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 235). It is not kno^vn to have occurred in 

 Yezzo, where its place is taken by the Continental Long-tailed Tit 

 {Acredtcla caudata). There is a large series in the Pryer collection 



