FARUS BIARMICUS. . 
BEARDED TITMOUSE. 
GeneiIic Character. See Purus major. 
Parus biarmicus; corpora supra fuscus^ vertice cano, 
capite barbato, cauda corpore longiore. 
Bearded Titmouse. Body above rufous; crown 
hoary; head bearded; tail longer than 
the body. 
Parus Biarmicus. Lin. Si/st v. I. p. 342. GmeL 
S^st. V. 2. jp. lOlL Lath. Ind, Orn. v. % 
p. 570. 
Parus Barbatus. Briss. v. 3. p. 567. 
Le Mesange barbue, ou la Moustache. Buff, Hist. 
d'Ois. V. 5. p. 518, 16. PL Enl. 618. 
Least Butcher Bird. Edwards, t 55, Br. ZooL 
ed.2. vA. p. 165. 
Calamophilus Biarmicus. Leach, Cat. Br. Museum, 
p. 17. 
Mesange Moustache. Temm. Man. d'Orn, ed. 2. 
p. 298. 
Bearded Titmouse. Br. ZooL Svo. ed. v. 1. p. 540. 
Arct. ZooL p.428. Alhin.Br. Birds,' 
t.l. t. 48. Lewin Br. Birds, v. 3. t. 122. 
Lath. Syn. i). 4. p. 552. Ih. Sup. p. 190, 
Don. Br. Birds, v. I. t. I. Mont. Orn. 
Diet. lb. Sup. Bewick's Br. Birds, pi. I. 
p. 251. Gen. Zpol v. 10. p. 62. pi 7. 
Selhy's Illustrations of Br. Qrn. pL hi, 
f. VL 
The history of this elegant species is involved in much 
obscurity, from the circumstance of its haunts being com* 
fined to extensive swamps, which are almost inaccessible; 
