. The birds of Europe . me a longer and a graduated tail, offering, though in a slight degree, a relationship to the Long-tailed Tit, so commonly dispersed over Europe; and we have to regret that the extreme rarity of the SiberianTit, in Europe at least, prevents our ascertaining whether its habits and manners offer any approximation tothose of the bird just referred to. M. Temminck, in his Manuel, informs us that it is an inhabitant of themost northern parts of Europe and Asia, migrating in winter to some of the provinces of Russia; and wereceived from Sweden the specimens from which our figu
. The birds of Europe . me a longer and a graduated tail, offering, though in a slight degree, a relationship to the Long-tailed Tit, so commonly dispersed over Europe; and we have to regret that the extreme rarity of the SiberianTit, in Europe at least, prevents our ascertaining whether its habits and manners offer any approximation tothose of the bird just referred to. M. Temminck, in his Manuel, informs us that it is an inhabitant of themost northern parts of Europe and Asia, migrating in winter to some of the provinces of Russia; and wereceived from Sweden the specimens from which our figures were taken. The plumage of Parus Sibericus may be thus detailed :—The upper surface is of a deep ash colour, tingedon the back with brown ; the quills, secondaries and tail-feathers edged with white; throat black; cheeks andupper part of the chest pure white ; under parts greyish white, washed with rufous on the flanks; bill andtarsi lead colour. Our Plate represents these two rare species of the natural size. DSt. TOUFET ; f£vn>m) ^ &■ an, <Vtma fyJ& JnrvtM, by GMUimamAtl. $%- TOUPET TIT. Parus bicolor, M6sange bicolore. There can be no doubt that the northern regions of America form the true habitat of this species; we have,however, seen specimens which were undoubtedly killed in Russia, and therefore no longer hesitate in classingit among the occasional visitants of the European continent; nevertheless it is there extremely rare and is con-fined to the regions adjacent to the arctic circle. In the works of Wilson and Audubon its manners aredescribed as resembling those of the other members of the genus. It moves along the branches, says thelatter gentleman, searches in the chinks, flies to the ends of twigs, and hangs to them by its feet, whilst thebill is engaged in detaching a beech- or hazel-nut, an acorn, or a chinquapin, upon all of which it feeds,removing them to a large branch, where, having secured t
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