256 TITMOUSE. 



12 —LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. 



Parus caudatus, Ind. Orn.W. 569. Lin. i. 342. Gin. Lin. i. 1010. Scop. i. No. 247. 



Kramer, 379. 5. JVwcA, t. 14. Rail, 74. A. 5. Will. 176. t. 43. Se/>/>, Fog. 



t. p. 49. TiT/em, 85. 7. /</. Stem. 16. t. 17. f. 12. a. b. Id. Ov. 28. t. 4. f. 7. 



Borowsk. iii. 182. Gerira. iv. t. 379. Tern. Man. d'Orn. 173. /rf. Ed. ii. 296. 

 Lanius caudatus, Faun. suec. No. 83. t. 1. f. 83. 

 Parus longicaudus, Bris. iii. 570. Id. 8vo. i. 469. 

 La Mesange a longue Queue, Buf. v. 436. pi. 19. PI. enl. 502. 3. 

 Schwanzmeise, Pfannestiel, Gunth. t. 21. Wirsing, t. 20. Naturf. xvii. 108. 

 Pendolino, o Paronzino, Zinnan. Uov. 77. t. 11. f, 69. 

 Long-tailed Titmouse, Gen. Syn. iv. 550. Id. Sup. 190. Br. Zool. i. No. 166. Id. 



Ed. 1812. i. p. 537. Arct. Zool. ii. 428. G. Will. Engl. 242. pi. 43. Collins'* 



Birds, pi. 11. f. 5. 6. Shaw's Zool. x. p. 59. Albin, ii. pi. 57. 1. Hayes, pi. 33. 



Bewick, i. pi. in p. 243. Lewin, iii. pi. 121. Donov. pi. 16. Walcot, ii. pi. 249. 



Pa//. Z)or5. p. 10. Otb. Die/. 



THIS elegant bird is five inches and a half long, and weighs 

 two drachms. Bill black ; irides hazel ; top of the head white, 

 mixed with grey, bordered all round by a broad streak of black 

 like a crown, uniting at the back part, and passing down the neck 

 and back quite to the rump ; sides of the head, and beneath as far as 

 the breast, white, inclining on the last to reddish ; sides of the back, 

 the rump, belly, sides, and vent, dull rose-colour, with a mixture of 

 white on the under parts ; lesser wing coverts black ; the greater 

 brown, edged with rose-colour ; quills dusky, with pale edges ; tail 

 feathers very unequal in length ; the two middle three inches two 

 lines long ; and the outer one only an inch and three quarters ; the 

 four middle ones are black ; the next black, edged with grey ; the 

 others black and white ; legs black. 



The female much like the male; but in some the whole upper 

 part of the neck is black ; beneath greyish white, inclining to vina- 

 ceous on the sides and vent, with an obscure band on the breast.* 



* Orn. Diet. 



