SIBERIAN TIT. 9 



some part of tlie Scandinavian continent, and not from 

 Iceland, where no Titmouse is found, that they were 

 brought by the French Northern Scientific Exhibition." 



The adult male in breeding plumage has the top 

 of the head and nape dusky brown; the back and 

 upper wing coverts russet brown, mottled with black. 

 Wings and tail dark hair brown. The throat is black, 

 and between it and the top of the head is a broad 

 patch of pure white, extending from the gape to the 

 scapularies, and increasing in width from before back- 

 wards. All the rest of the under parts are russet, 

 lighter on the crop, and verging into grey where it 

 joins the black of the throat. Wings and tail under- 

 neath slate brown; beak black; feet lead grey; iris 

 dark brown. 



The female is rather smaller than the male, having 

 the top of the head and throat of a greyish brown 

 tinged with russet. The young before the first moult 

 are much less russet-coloured above, and of a brown 

 tint, the black feathers of the throat being bordered 

 with grey. 



I am indebted for the male specimen figured to the 

 kindness of Mr. Tristram. The egg is from a specimen 

 kindly sent me by Mr. Alfred Newton, and its 

 authenticity, I need not say, may be entirely relied 

 upon. 



The Siberian Tit has also been figured by Temminck 

 and Laugier, in the Atlas to the Manual, with the remark 

 of the author, that the russet colour of the flanks is 

 deficient, and that of the abdomen and inferior coverts 

 too deep. The tail ought to have been a trifle longer, 

 and more tapering. BufFon, pi. enlum 708, fig. 3; Gould, 

 Birds of Europe, pi. 151, fig. 2. 



