BEAEDED EEEDLING. 



PANURUS BIARMICUS (Linn.). 



Parus biarmicus, Linn. S.N. i. p. 342 (1766) ; Naum. iv. 

 p. 98. 



Calamophilus biarmicus, Macg. iii. p. 694 j Hewitson, i. 



p. 161 ; Dresser, iii. p. 49. 

 Panurus biarmicus, Yarr. ed. 4, i. p. 511. 



Mesange a moustaches, French ; Bartmeise, German ; 

 Bigotudo, Chahuet, Valencian. 



This species, probably better known to my readers as 

 Bearded Titmouse than by the name given above, was 

 formerly abundant in many of the reed-grown districts 

 of England, but from the general drainage and recla- 

 mation of marsh-lands, and also in no small degree from 

 the ravages of collectors, has now become, comparatively 

 speaking, a rare and very local bird. 



My personal acquaintance with the " Reed-Pheasant " 

 (as this species was commonly called in East Norfolk) 

 in a wild state, is limited to that part of England, where 

 I met with it many years ago frequenting the reed-beds 

 in small parties during the winter months. I found 

 that these birds were by no means shy, and by keeping 

 still, I was enabled on more than one occasion to observe 



