Food: 
General 
descrip- 
tion. 
236 PASSERES. PARUS. BEARDED 
the larger end.—Its food consists of insects and their larve, 
together with the berries of the juniper, and other evergreen 
shrubs. 
It is only found in such parts of Europe as afford localities 
congenial to its habits. 
Puate 43. Fig. 6. Natural size. 
Bill black. Coronal feathers much elongated, and when 
erected, forming a conical crest; their colour black, 
deeply margined with white. Cheeks yellowish-white, 
with a few black specks. Ear-coverts, and streak below 
the eye, black ; behind which is a collar of white, mar- 
gined by a black line. Chin and throat black. Up- 
per parts pale yellowish-brown, with a tinge of oil-green. 
Under parts white, tinged with ochreous yellow, deepest — 
towards the vent. Legs and toes bluish-grey. 
SECTION II. 
The first quill-feather very short, or altogether wanting. 
The species comprehended under this section inhabit the 
marshy borders of lakes and rivers, and where reeds 
abound. 
Bearded 'Titmouse.—Parus biarmicus, Linz. 
PLATE 51. Figs. 6. 
Parus biarmicus, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 342. 12.—Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 1011.—Lath. 
Ind. Ornith. v. 2. p. 570. sp. 23. 
Parus barbatus, Briss. 3. p. 567. 12. 
Le Mesange barbue ou moustaché, Buff: Ois. v. 5. p. 518. t. 18.—Zd. Pl. 
Enl. p. 618. f. 1. and 2.—_Temm. Man. d’Ornith. v. 1. p. 298. 
Bartmeise, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. v. 3. p. 888.—Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. 
v. l. p. 273.—Frisch, Vog. t. 8. f. 2. male. 
Baartmees, Sep. Nederl, Vog. v. 1. t. p. 85. 
Bearded Titmouse, Br. Zool. 1. No. 167.—Arct. Zool. 2. No. 248. K.— 
