PLAT &° XVE 
PARUS.,CAUDAT US. 
LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. 
PASSERES. 
Bill conic, pointed. Noftrils oval, broad, naked, 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Bill ftrait, a little compreffed, ftrong, fharp-pointed, briftles reflected 
over the noftrils. Tongue terminated by three or four briftles. Toes 
divided at their origin; back toe very large and ftrong. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. . 
Bill fhort, thick, and black. ‘Top of the head white, furrounded by 
a broad ftreak of black, like a crown, it paffes down the hind part of 
_ the neck, and back to the rump. Side of the head white. Sides of. 
the back, the rump, belly, fides, and vent, dull rofe colour. Wing 
black. ‘Tail very long, feather of ee lengths, fome black, others 
black with white tips. 
Parus Caupatus. Linn. Syft. 1. p. 342. N° 11. 
Scop. Ann, 1. p. 164. N® 247. 
Kram. el. p. 379. N° 6. 
Sepp. Vog. pi. in. pe 4Q. 
Pricey. ts VA. | 
Rati. Sym p. 74. 
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