62 SIBERIAN TIT. 



GRANIVORiE. 



Family PARIDM. (Bonaparte.) 



Genus Parus. (Linnceus.) 



SIBERIAN TIT. 



Parus sibiricus. 



Parus sibiricus, Gmelin and Authors. 



Parus cine t us, Bodd. 



Pcecilia sibirica, Kaup. Bonaparte. 



Mesange de Siberie, Of the French. 



Sibirische Meise, Of the Germans. 



Specific Characters. — Throat black; top of head brown; chest and abdomen 

 russet. Length four inches and nine tenths; carpus to tip two inches and 

 a half; tail two inches and a half; beak two fifths of an inch; tarsus three 

 fifths of an inch. 



The Siberian Tit, as its name implies, is a northern species, being 

 found only in the boreal regions of Europe and Asia, visiting, during 

 winter, some of the provinces of Russia. It also inhabits Lapland, 

 where it was discovered nesting by the late much, lamented John 

 Wolley. According to this gentleman it is the only species which 

 breeds in the Muonioniska district of Finnish. Lapland. In his cata- 

 logue for 1858, four eggs are inserted as having been obtained at 

 Mokhajerri, from a nest made with the hairs of mice. Mr. Wolley 

 remarks that P. borealis is seldom seen in Lapland, and that he 

 doubts if it ever breeds in the far north. In the catalogue for 1860 

 five eggs are inserted, taken also in Finnish Lapland. It is included 

 in the Scandinavian Fauna by Nilsson. M. Linden, the conservator 

 of the Museum of Geneva, states that this bird is also found in the 

 Swiss Alps; but M. de Selys-LongchamjDS is of opinion that he 

 mistook P. luyabris for it. 



