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GRANIVORJE. 



Family PARID^E. (Bonaparte.) 



Genus Parus. (Linnceus.) 



AZUEE TIT. 



Panes cyanus. 



Parus cyanus, Pallas ; JN"ov. Comm. Acad. Peterop., 



v. 14, p. 588, pi. 23, fig. 3. 



GrMELIN. TeMMINCK. 



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

 p. 407, pi. 31. 



" cceruleus major, Bkisson. 



" smbyensis, Sparmm; Mus. Carl., pi. 25. 



" Tcnjcescioh, GrMELiN; Syst. 



■" Latham; Ind., v. 2, p. 572. 



" " Lepech; Yoy., vol. i, p. 180. 



Cyanistes cyanus, Katjp. Bonaparte. 

 Mesange azuree, 



La Grosse Mesange bleue, Op the French. 



Lasurmeise, Op the Germans. 



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

 a brilliant blue patch on the middle of the abdomen. Length 

 five inches and a half. 



The Azure Tit, perhaps trie most beautiful of the 

 European Paridce, is an inhabitant of the north of 

 Europe and Asia. It is very common in Siberia and the 



