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THE ANIMAL LIFE OF SIBERIA 



place is taken by an allied species, Hirundo guttv/ralis. The sand-martin inhabits 

 Siberia throughout. The swift ranges as far east as Lake Baikal, but not so far 

 a- Kamchatka. 



The European nightjar is also a western species, as is the blue roller, while 

 tin' hoopoe reaches the shores of the Pacific. The kingfisher, though in a smaller 

 and more brilliantly coloured form, also extends to the same shores; and the 

 woodpeckers of tin- Baltic area are found right through Siberia, as are the 

 wryneck and the cuckoo. 



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WAX WINGS. 



Owls. 



Several kinds of owls are indigenous to the Siberian area; but 



the barn owl, which, although nearly cosmopolitan, dislikes countries 



l|,] climate, is unknown in this tract. On the other hand, Tengmalm's 



[Nyctala tengmalmi), which has been found nesting in the Carpathians, and 



as far west as the British Isles, is a true northern type, although 



