TirMovseE. -PASSERES. PARUS. 233 
PiateE 51. Fig. 3. Natural size. 
Bill black. Wibonci of the head, and nape of the neck General 
black ; the latter with a central white spot. Cheeks and cinial a 
sides of the neck white. Throat and under part of the 
neck black. Back and scapulars greenish-grey, passing 
upon the rump into yellowish-grey. Wings and tail 
grey; the coverts of the former tipped with ash-grey. 
Under parts greyish-white. Legs and toes bluish- 
grey. 
The female resembles the male bird. 
“ Long-tailed Titmouse.—Parus caudatus, Linn. 
PLATE 5). Fig. 5. 
Parus caudatus, Zinn. Syst. 1. p. 342. 11.—Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 1010. sp. 11.— 
Lath. Ind. Ornith. v. 2. p. 569. sp. 20.—Raii, Syn. p- 74. A. 5.—Will. 
p- 176. t. 43. 
Parus longicaudatus, Briss. 3. p. 570. 13. 
Le Mesange a longue. Queue, rRuft Ois. v. 5. p. 437. t. 19.—Id. Pl. Enl. 
502. f. 3. female.—Temm. Man. d’Ornith. v. L p- 296. 
Schwantzmeise, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. v. 3. p. 879.—Meyer, Tasschenb. 
Deut. v. 1. p. 272. 
Staartmees, Sep. Nederel. Vég. v. 1. t. p. 49. 
Long-tailed Titmouse, Br. Zool. 1. No. 166.—Arct. Zool. 2. p. 248. 9.— 
Wil. (Ang.) p. 242.—Lath. Syn. 4. p. 550.—Id. Sup. p. 190.—Albin. 2. 
t. 57. fig. 1.—Lewin’s Br. Birds, 3. t. 121.—Mont. Ornith. Dict.— Wale. 
Syn. 2. 249.—Pult. Cat. Dorset. p. 10.—Bewick’s Br. Birds, v. 1. p. t. 243. 
—Shaw’s Zool. 10. p. 59. 
Provincial, Longtail Mag, Longtail Pie, Huckmuck, Bottle 
- Tom, Mum-Ruffian. 
This handsome little species of titmouse is plentifully dis- 
persed through the kingdom, but from seldom quitting the 
recesses of its native woods, does not frequently come under 
the notice of the common observer.—Its food consists entire- Food. 
ly of insects, with their eggs and larvee, for which it is in 
constant search amongst the branches and foliage of the trees. 
In this pursuit it displays all the singular attitudes that so 
particularly distinguish this genus, running up and down 
the branches with the greatest agility, and hanging in an in- 
