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Title: The birds of Europe
Year: 1837 (1830s)
Authors: Gould, John, 1804-1881
Subjects: Pictorial works Birds
Publisher: London, Printed by R. and J.E. Taylor, pub. by the author
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y no means regular, or to be calculated on with certainty. The total length of the male Bearded Tit is about six inches; the beak orange, the upper mandiblelonger and overhanging the under; irides yellow ; feet black ; crown of the head, nape, and cheeks delicateash colour; between the base of the beak and the eyes is a black mark, which proceeds down the side ofeach cheek, and terminates in a fine and lengthened moustache ; throat white ; breast vinous grey; the sidesof the breast, the back, and the four middle tail-feathers fine reddish orange ; primaries brown externally,edged with white : secondaries the same colour as the back, with a black longitudinal stripe ; vent black ;tail graduated, and about three inches in length. The female is rather less than the male, of a more uniform ferruginous colour, with a few dashes of blackon the upper part of the neck and back, and has a faint yellowish white instead of a black moustache. We have figured a male and female of the natural size.
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FE^BIUTLI^K TITAgitabis j>ericL-ulnms; (Jioje/). nvjrwrv tStcnc-ly ^££,£7x13,. JKtmA hf CMillmcmdtl. Genus iEGITALUS, Boje. Gen. Char. Beak moderate, very acute, the upper mandible straight, middle toe free fromthe base : hind claw large and strong. Tail truncate and moderate. PENDULINE TIT. iEgitalus pendulinus, Boje.Le Mesange remiz. We quite agree with M. Boje in the propriety of assigning this elegant little bird to a separate genus,distinguished by several minute particulars from that of Parus. In habits, manners, and the localities itfrequents, it bears a great resemblance to the Bearded Tit (Calamophilus biarmicus, Leach); but in the formof its beak and tail, and in its mode of nidification, it not only differs from it, but also from every other speciesof the family. In this little bird, whether we regard its elegant hanging nest or its chaste plumage andsprightly form, there is much to attract attention : it is not, however, among the natives of our island, butmust be so

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