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and that he doubts if it ever breeds in the far north. 

 In the catalogue for 1860 five eggs are inserted, taken 

 also in Finnish Lapland. It is also included in the 

 Scandinavian Fauna by Nillson. M. Linden, the con- 

 servator of the Museum of Geneva, states that this bird 

 is also found in the SavIss Alps; but M. De Selys- 

 Longchamps is of opinion that he mistook P. lugubris 

 for it. 



I am indebted to Mr. Newton for the following; in- 

 teresting details of this bird: — "My own opportunities 

 of observing Parus Sibiricus were not sufficient to 

 enable me to say in what particulars (if in any) its 

 habits differ from those of the other species of the 

 genus with which I am acquainted, beyond the fact 

 that its call-notes are easily recognisable as distinct 

 from anything else. Indeed from the information I 

 have at various times received from the late Mr. John 

 Wolley, I should suppose that in manners it closely 

 resembles the rest of the Titmice. It is resident 

 throughout the year in the district around Muonioniska, 

 and as he has often assured me, was the only species 

 which he found to breed there, although in autumn 

 the Marsh Titmouse makes its appearance, and on one 

 occasion, a solitary Great Titmouse was obtained by 

 him. I am unable to give even an outline of the 

 range of Parus Sibiricus in Lapland; but I do not 

 remember seeing it until, in descending the river 

 Muonio, Ave had entered the region of the Scotch fir, 

 fPinus syhestris.J I never found a nest myself, or 

 saw one in situ. It breeds in holers of trees, whether 

 naturally formed by decay, or excavated by Woodpeckers. 

 The nest is a mass of hair, principally from the lem- 

 ming, or some of the voles, but occasionally from the 

 alpine hare, mixed with a little green moss, black 



