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This is one of those little creatures that is only a fraction 

 longer than 3 inches, and for a distinguishing mark, as its 

 name implies, has a short, stumpy bill. Like most of the 

 other Tits it associates in shrubby trees, but, unlike the 



Western Fly-Eater. 



majority, it passes much time in the high branches of tall 

 timber, clinging in all sorts of positions, now on the upper 

 surface and then below, while it makes a thorough overhaul 

 in search of insects, scales, and " hardwings." 



