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fewer species that I had imagined, tlie only two 

 which I could identify being the marsh tit (if our 

 Pants borealis is identical with the Pants paluxtris 

 of Britain,) and the Siberian tit (P. Sibiricua^ Gm. ; 

 " Sibiris mes," Sw.). I believe it is, however, 

 admitted now that this Parus borealis (De Selys), is 

 nothing more than the northern form of the 

 P. palustrls. To me the note appears very differ- 

 ent, and I invariably find the nest of the P. 1)0, 

 in the deep forest, never by water, built always 

 of the inner fibres of the bark of some dead tree, 

 probably the willow or alder. They both app 

 to associate in the winter ; but the Siberian tit 

 could be detected in a moment by its louder call- 

 note ; the habits of both and the localities they 

 frequented were much alike. The nest of the 

 Siberian tit, like that of its congener, was always 

 placed in a stub, the nest built of the blue fur of 

 some species of field-mouse; a very thick wall, 

 but flat, and with a little moss at the bottom out- 

 side; the eggs six or seven, in shape, size, and colour- 

 ing much resembling those of the crested tit (which 

 I was surprised to find did not come up so far 

 north as this). The Siberian tit seem to go to 

 nest later than the P. boreali*; for the first nest 

 we obtained was on June 5, whereas I found 

 nests of the other as early as May 20. 



I never but once saw the golden-crested wren 



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