THE IBIS. 



FOURTH SERIES. 



No. IX. JANUARY 1879. 



I. — Contributions to the Ornithology of Siberia. 

 By Henry Seebohm. 



[Continued from 'The Ibis/ 1877, p. 352.] 



Ampelis garruluSj Linn. 



On the 14th of June I recognized the note and caught a 

 distant sight of a small flock of about half a dozen Wax- 

 wings ; but the forest was so much flooded that I was unable 

 to do more than watch the birds through my binocular. 



Parus ateRj Linn. 



I did not meet with the Coal-Tit until I reached Yen-e- 

 saisk' on the return journey. 



Parus major, Linn. 



The Great Tit is a winter resident in the whole of South 

 Siberia; and at various villages on the journey as far north 

 as Yen-e-saisk' it was frequently seen. I did not observe it 

 further north. 



Parus palustris, Linn., subsp. camtchatkensis, Bon. 



The only time that I met with a Marsh-Tit was on the 

 12th May. I only saw one pair, in company with a small 

 party of Lapp Tits. They certainly belong to the north- 

 eastern form, with grey rather than brown backs, and with 



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