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Breeding Range: Middle and south Scandinavia, Baltic Provinces 

 and E. Prussia. 



In Norway it is common in the southern and western parts up to con- 

 about lat. 64" N., while in Sweden it is found from the extreme south 1°"" * 



' Europe. 



up to lat. 62" N., but is unknown on Gotland, although a few pairs 

 occur on Oland. It is also not uncommon in E. Prussia and the Russian 

 Baltic Provinces, and is probably the form found on the Danish islands. 



Substantially built of moss, mixed with grasses, and lined with Nest. 

 felted hair or fur, with sometimes a few feathers, in a natural hole 

 of a tree. 



6 or 7 to 9 in number, of the usual Parine type. As will be Eggs. 

 seen from the measurements given, the eggs are generally more elongated 

 in shape than those of P. atricapilliis borealis. 



In the Baltic Provinces laying begins at the end of April, and in Breeding 

 Scandinavia it is an early breeder, eggs being laid about the second 

 week of May, and young being on the wing early in June. 



Average size of 44 authenticated eggs measured by Dr. Ottosson Meaaure- 

 (in litt.) 16.22x12.3 mm.. Max. 17.4x12.2 and 17.2x12.8, Min. ""'"*'• 

 14.6 X 11.1. Average weight 72 mg. (84 — 51 mg.). 



e. East European Marsh Tit, P. palastris stag-natilis Brehm. 



Eggs: Dresser, pi. — , fig. 38 — 39. 



Foreign Name: Hungary: Bardt czinege. 

 P. palustris stagnatilis Brehm. Hartert, Vog. Pal. Fauna, p. 371. 



Breeding Range: Hungary, Galizia, S. Russia, the Balkan Penin- 

 sula, etc. [Also Asia Minor.] 



In Hungary it is met with chiefly in the mountain forests, rather con- 

 than in the plains, while in the Balkan peninsula it becomes decidedly g"^" '^^ 

 scarce, and has not been recorded from Greece. In nesting habits it 

 probably resembles the other forms. 



d. Mid-European Marsh Tit, P. palustris communis Baldenst. 



Plate 21, fig. 9 — 12 (Leipzig, Germany). 



Eggs: Tliienemann, Fortpfl. Tab. XVIII, fig. 7, a, b. Baedeker, 

 Tab. 43, fig. 13. 



Foreign Name: Germany: Sumpfmeise. 

 P. palustris L. Dresser, t. c. (part.). P. palustris communis Bald. Hartert, 

 Vog. Pal. Fauna, p. 372. 



Breeding Range: Mid-Germany, Switzerland, Austria, W.Hungary 

 and Croatia. 



This form is found throughout Germany, except in the Rhine valley con- 

 on the W., and in E. Prussia, where it is replaced by other races. In ^"10,^ 

 Switzerland it is generally distributed up to about 3300 or 3600 ft. 



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