LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE.
ACREDULA CAUDATA {Linn.).
Parus caudatus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 342 (1766); Naum■ iv.
p. 82.
Acredula caudata, Dresser, iii. p. 67.
Mesange a longue queue, French; Schwanz-Meise, German.
Very common throughout the British Islands, except
in the extreme north. The form with the dark head-
streak is the most common in our country, and has been
treated as a distinct species by several ornithologists,
under the name of Acredula rosea.
The White-headed is the prevailing form in Northern
and Central Europe.
