TITMICE AND THRUSHES. iy | 
These boxes are entirely monopolised by titmice, 
which become almost perfectly tame, and will allow 
themselves and their young to be freely inspected, 
without further remonstrance than the serpent-like 
hiss which is their invariable protest in such cases. 
THE nest of the Long-tailed, or Bottle Tit, is a far 
greater triumph of architectural skill than that of 
The Long-tailed Tit. 
either of its above-described relations, for it is not 
placed in a hole at all, but is built, as a rule, in the 
fork of some branch, and so beautifully covered with 
lichens, fragments of bark, &c., that it can only be 
detected by a very sharp and experienced eye. In 
the majority of cases this nest is built in some low 
