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to the Willow-Tit groups, but other examples from the same 

 source are undeniable Marsh-Tits. 



Another allied form alleged to have been taken in France is 

 the Sombre Titmouse (Parus lugubris lugubris), a bird whose 

 habitat lies in south-eastern Europe. Ogerien (His. Nat. du 

 Jura) includes this species in his list of the birds of Jura, 

 but he has in all probability confused it with P. b. montanus, 

 a species somewhat surprisingly omitted from his book. There 

 is, according to Arrigoni (Man. Orn. It. p. 194), an example of 

 the Sombre Tit in the Florence Museum, labelled " Nice, February 

 2nd, 1878," but its authenticity is open to question. . 



