PARUS CINCTUS. 
(SIBERIAN MARSH-TITMOUSE,) 
La mésange de Sibérie, Montb. Pl. Enl. vi. 708, fig. 3. 
Parus cinctus, Bodd. Tabl. Pl. Enl. p. 46 (1783, ex Montbeillard). 
Siberian Titmouse, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. 2, p. 556 (1783, ex Montb.). 
Parus sibiricus, Gm. Syst. Nat. 1. p. 1013 (1788, ex Lath.). 
Parus lugubris, Zetterst. Resa Sver. och Norr. Lappm. p. 120 (1821, descr. orig. nec Natterer). 
Parus lapponicus, Lundahl, Notis Faun. et Flor. Fenn. Forh. Helsingf. 1848, p. 1, pl. 1. fig. 1. 
Pecila sibiricus, Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 230 (1850). 
Poikilis sibiricus, Blasius, List of Eur. B. p. 8. 
Lappsk mes, Swedish; Lapintiiténen, Finnish; Kada-pija, Lapp. 
Figure notabiles. 
Montbeillard, Pl. Enl. 708. fig. 3; Bree, B. of Eur. iii. p. 6; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. Taf. 21. fig. 8. 
3 ad. pileo et collo postico fuscescenti-brunneis: dorso fulvescenti-brunneo, vix ferrugineo, uropygio concolori : 
tectricibus alarum minimis et scapularibus dorso concoloribus: tectricibus majoribus grisescentibus 
pallidé fulvo lavatis: remigibus nigricanti-brunneis, primariis angusté albido marginatis, secundariis 
latius, et pennis intimis dorsalibus fulvo lavatis: caud&é nigricante, griseo lavata, rectrice extima 
fulvescenti-albo marginataé: genis cum regione auriculari et collo toto laterali albis: gutture toto 
nigricanti-fusco, plumis paucis angusté albo marginatis: pectore summo et centrali albido: corpore 
reliquo subtus pallidé ferrugineo: subalaribus fulvescenti-albis: rostro nigro: pedibus pallidé violaceis : 
iride rufescenti-brunnea. 
2 juv. supra fuscescens, minimé fulvescenti tincta: capite cucullato, circumscripté umbrino vix fulvescente : 
alis minus distincté albido marginatis: corpore subtus ut in ave adulta colorato, sed mult pallidiore, 
et ptilosi magis lanuginosa. 
Adult male. Crown of the head, extending backwards on to the upper part of the back, dusky brown, a 
little darker near the eye and along the sides of the head; rest of the back golden brown, slightly 
mclining to rust-colour; scapulars and wing-coverts uniform with the back, the greater coverts more 
greyish and edged with the same colour as the back; quills blackish, the primaries externally edged 
with narrow lines of white, the secondaries more broadly, giving a hoary appearance, the innermost or 
dorsal secondaries tinged with fulvous; tail black, more or less washed with grey, the outer feather 
edged and tipped with dull white; entire throat dusky blackish brown, with a few white margins to 
the feathers of the lower part; chest and centre of the belly whitish; rest of the under surface of the 
body pale rust-colour; under wing-coverts yellowish white; bill black; feet pale violet; iris reddish 
brown. ‘Total length 5-2 inches, culmen 0:4, wing 2:8, tail 2’8, tarsus 0:7. 
Young. More woolly and not so fluffy as the adult; general colour above paler, slightly more grey in tone, 
with the least tinge of fulvous on the upper part, but with none of the clear rust-colour of the adult ; 
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