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the eggs larger than the entrance.* The materials 
made use of for the nest are moss, wool and grass, 
and it is lined with thistle-down or the soft down of 
the willow. 
The beak of the Marsh Tit is black; irides dark 
hazel; head and upper part of the nape black; back 
and all the upper parts hair-brown, the quill-feathers 
and tail being a little darker than the rest; cheeks 
dirty white; chin black; breast, belly and all the 
under parts dull dirty white, tinged with brown, 
especially on the flanks; legs, toes and claws bluish 
black. 
The egg of the Marsh Tit much resembles that of 
the Blue Tit, namely, a sort of brick-dust-red spots 
on a white ground, but it is rather larger and 
rounder in form; but, as Montagu observes, the 
eggs of all the Tits are much alike, and scarcely to 
be distinguished: they also resemble those of the 
Willow Wren, Wood Wren and Creeper: those of 
the Nuthatch are very similar, but considerably 
larger. 
Loneramrep Tir, Parus caudatus. This very 
peculiar-looking little bird, by no means the least 
common of the Tits, is resident with us throughout 
the year. It may constantly be seen, either in 
little flocks of its own species or mixed up with 
others of its congeners, in almost all of our planta- 
* Montagu’s Dictionary, by Newman. 
