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north of the country. I never met with it, however, in 

 Lapland. 



114. P. CRISTATUS, L. Toffs Mes. The Crested Tit. F. 



Length about 4^- in. ; tail 2 in. ; head with a pointed 

 crest ; throat, collar, and front of the neck black ; body 

 colour above reddish brown, with a grey tint, below 

 whitish ; iris red-brown ; legs lead-coloured ; cheeks 



This handsome little tit is, I consider, very local, and is 

 never seen out of the fir forests. Its northern range seems 

 to be Angermanland, about 63 north latitude. In winter 

 they flock much with the other tits and golden- crested wrens. 

 The note is a peculiar shrill " kirr-it," quickly and often re- 

 peated, which is heard at a great distance. Go to nest early 

 in April ; nest always formed of moss, wool, and hair, in an 

 old rotten stub ; eggs six (I never saw more) ; the spots 

 larger, deeper, and more crowded at the end than in any 

 other of the tits. Not known in Denmark. 



115. P. SIBIRICUS, L. Sibirisk Mes. F. 



A little larger than the marsh tit ; head brown ; throat 



and breast black ; cheeks white ; belly and under rump 



ash-grey red ; tail long, round, about three times as long 



as the tarsus ; iris brown ; legs lead coloured. 



Is the commonest of all the tits in Lapland, and although 



accidental specimens have been killed in the south of the 



country in the winter, its summer range appears to be be- 



tween 67 and 69 north latitude. The nest is formed of 



moss, invariably mixed, often lined with the hair of some 



dark field-mouse ; eggs (I never saw more than five in one 



nest) resemble those of the marsh tit far more than those of 



the crested tit. Figured by Dr. Bree as the " Siberian tit." 



116. P. PALUSTEIS, L. Karr Mes. The Marsh Tit. D. 



Length 4^ in., tail 2 in., beyond the wings 1 in. 2 1. ; 

 head black ; cheeks white ; sides of the neck greyish 

 white ; back and wings grey ; breast and belly whitish ; 

 tail cloven ; the outer feather a little shorter than the 



