AZURE TIT. 



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GRANIVORJE. 



Family PABIBM. {Bonaparte?) 



Genus Parus. (Linnceus.) 



AZUEE TIT. 



Parus cyanus. 



Parus cyanus, Pallas; Nov. Comm. Acad. Peterop., v. 14, 



p. 588, pi. 23, fig. 3. 

 " " Gmelin. Temminck. 



" cyaneus, Schlegel. Falck; Vog., v. 3, p. 407, 



pi. 31. 

 Brisson. 



Sparmm; Mus. Carl., pi. 25. 

 Gmelin; Syst. Latham; Ind., v. 2, p. 572. 

 Lepech; Voy., vol. i, p. 180. 

 Kaup. Bonaparte. Gray; Hand List, 

 No. 3365. 



" caruleus major, 

 ' ' scsbyensis, 

 " kujcsck, 



Cyanistes cyanus, 



Mesange azuree, 



La Grosse Mesange bleue, Of the French. 

 Lasurmeise, Of the Germans. 



Specific Characters. — All the inferior parts pure white, with a brilliant blue 

 patch on the middle of the abdomen. Length five inches. 



The Azure Tit, perhaps the most beautiful of the European Parida, 

 is an inhabitant of the north of Europe and Asia. It is very common 

 in Siberia and the adjacent parts of the Russian dominions, extending 

 in winter through the greatest part of European Russia, being found 

 at St. Petersburg, as well as on the banks of the "Wolga, and ranging 

 from thence into Poland, Prussia, and Denmark. It also occurs in 

 the Amur Land. According to Naumann, it is more frequently found 

 in Sweden than in the north of Germany. An occasional specimen 

 may be sometimes found in Saxony, or even in Austria, but it does not 

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