PARUS CAUDATUS. 



LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. 



Generic Character. See Parus major. 

 Synonyms. 



Parus caudatus. Lin. Syft. u p> 342. 11. Ind. 



Orn. 2. p. 569. 20. 

 Long-tailed Titmouse. Br, Z00L 1. 166. Lath. 



Syn, 4. p. 550. Lb, fupl. p., 190. 



Mont. Orn, Dic7. Vol. 2. Bewick's Br, 



Birds, Pt. 1. p. 248. 



Th I S elegant little fpecies is about five inches and a half 

 in length, fix and a half in breadth, and weighs nearly four 

 drams. Bill very ihort ; feathers on the head and cheeks 

 rough, and always ere£t ; irides hazel ; " edges of the eye-lids 

 yellow tail very long, the fecond feathers from the centre 

 being three inches and a half in length, the middle ones 

 rather fhorter, thofe on the outfide gradually declining, the 

 fhorteft not exceeding ,an inch and a half ; legs and claws 

 ftrong. Colours of the fexes alike, the female exceeds in 

 weight nearly one dram. 



Though numerous in fome parts, the long-tailed is not fa 

 generally difperfed as either the greater, the blue, or the marfh 

 Titmoufe, but is mod ufually found in low moift fituations, 

 that are covered with underwood, and interfperfed with lofty 

 oaks or elms. In fuch places it builds ; its neft differs from all 

 the other fpecies with which we are acquainted ; it moft 

 generally is placed in the forked branch of a large tree, that 

 overhangs the water, and is compofed of mofs and lichens, 



interwoven 



