26 PARIDiE. 



Genus PARUS, Linnaus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 340 (1766). 



Pdrns = a titmouse, in Carm. de Phil. 9 (about a.d. 500). Of uncertain 

 etjmology. 



Parus major. Great Titmouse. 



Parus major, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 341 (1766). 



Parus major, Naum. iv. p. 9 ; Hewitson, p. 149 ; Gray, p. 61 ; 



Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 358; id. ed. 3, i. p. 383; Newton, i. 



p. 479 ; Gould, ii. pi. 23 ; Harting, p. 20 ; Dresser, iii. 



p. 79. 

 Parus fringillago, Macg. ii. p. 425. 

 Great Tit, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 326. 



Major = greater. 



A common resident, breeding in every county, in the shel- 

 tered and wooded districts. Breeds throughout Central and 

 Southern Europe, Western Siberia, Turkestan, and Persia, 

 and in most of the countries of Africa in the basin of the 

 Mediterranean. 



Parus ater. Continental Coal Titmouse. 



Parus ater^ LinncBus, S. N. i. p. 341 (1766). 

 Parus ater, Naum. iv. p. 34; Dresser, iii. p. 87. 



Ater = lustreless black, opposed to niger = glossy black. 



This form has occurred in Great Britain (Norfolk) . It is 

 found over the -whole continent of Europe, and in North- 

 western Asia. 



Parus britannicus. British Coal Titmouse. 



Parus britannicus, Sharpe ^ Dresser, Ann. & Mag. 

 Nat. Hist. (4) viii. p. 437 (1871). 



Parus ater, Macg. ii. p. 440; Hewitson, p. 156; Gray, p. 62; 

 Yatr. ed. 2, i. p. 369; id. ed. 3, i. p. 394; Newton, i. 

 p. 489; Gould, ii. pi. 25; Harting, p. 21. 



