. A history of British birds . ts, to dull chestnut-brown : legs,toes and claws, dark brownish-black. * According to Messrs. Alston and Harvie Brown Scandinavian birds have theeyelids yellow, but the colour of these parts seems to vary with age. 510 PARID^. The whole length from the bill to the end of the tail isabout five inches and a half, but the body is smaller thanthat of any British bird except the species of the carpal joint to the end of the wing two inches andone quarter. Females differ but little from males except in having moreblack about the head. The young have the ir
. A history of British birds . ts, to dull chestnut-brown : legs,toes and claws, dark brownish-black. * According to Messrs. Alston and Harvie Brown Scandinavian birds have theeyelids yellow, but the colour of these parts seems to vary with age. 510 PARID^. The whole length from the bill to the end of the tail isabout five inches and a half, but the body is smaller thanthat of any British bird except the species of the carpal joint to the end of the wing two inches andone quarter. Females differ but little from males except in having moreblack about the head. The young have the irides of a straw-colour ; the top of the head very white; but the ear-covertsand sides of the neck are dull black, and the scapulars greyish-white ; all the feathers, save those of the tail, which in theadult are pure black, are in the young sooty-black, and thereis no trace of any red tinge except on the vent and lowertail-coverts, which are nearly as bright as in the adult. The vignette below represents the nest of this BEARDED TITMOUSE. PASSERES. 511 PANURIDJ^.
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