THE CRESTED TIT. 
MS 
p. O. U. List Br. B., p. 28 (1883) ; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus., vm.j p. 27 (1883); Seeb., Brit. B , i., p. 481 (1883): 
Saunders, Man., p. I03 (1889); Lilford, Col. Fig. Brit 
B., pt. xvi. (1890); Wyatt, Brit. B., pi. 4, fig. 1 (1894). 
Lophophanes cristatus, Dresser, B. Eur., iii., p. 131 pi n; 
(1871). 0 F 3 
Adult Male. — General colour above olive-brown, clearer and 
more fulvescent on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; wing- 
coverts and quills ashy-brown, washed with the same colour as 
the back, the primaries edged with ashy; tail-feathers ashy, 
edged with brown ; head crested ; sides of face, as well as the 
sides of the neck, ashy-white ; the feathers of the crown black, 
tipped with white, the crest-feathers long, black, with a white 
edging ; behind the ear-coverts a crescentic patch of black ; 
throat black, connected to the nape by a line of black, which 
crosses the sides of the neck ; remainder of under surface of 
body ashy-white, with the flanks and sides of the body ruddy 
isabelline, as well as the under tail-coverts; thighs and undcr 
tad coverts white; bill black; feet leaden-grey; iris hazel, 
total length, 4-3 inches; culmen, 0-45; wing, 2-6; tail, rq; 
tarsus, 075. 
Adult Female.— Similar to the male in colour, but has a little 
less black on the throat, and a shorter crest Total length, 
4'4 inches; wing, 2'5. 
Note.— Between the Scotch specimens in the British Museum and others 
rom the Continent we cannot find any difference in colour, and they all 
uearly belong to one and the same species. 
Range in Great Britain — Resident only in the forests which 
C th 6 valle Y Spey and the adjacent rivers. In 
o er parts of Scotland, and also in various localities in Eng- 
mid the Crested Tit has occurred in isolated instances, 
some of these appear to be authentic, but only two cases of 
ie occurrence ol the bird in Ireland have been recorded, 
. p a nge outside the British Islands — The present species is an 
inhabitant of the pine-forests of Europe, its northern range 
being about 64° N. lat., and extending to the Volga ; it has 
also been found in Turkey, but has not been noted from Asia 
Minor, Greece, or Italy south of the Alps. 
Habits.— Although principally known as an inhabitant of 
