20 BIRD LIFE GLIMPSES 



the origin of the name '' coal-tit," which seems to 

 have no particular meaning ? Is it a corruption of 

 '* cone-tit," which, if the bird really feeds on the 

 seeds of the fir, and procures them in this manner, 

 would have one ? German Kohlmeise^ however, is 

 rather against this hypothesis. 



