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dee’s, but he is, perhaps, even bolder and more 
pert, and he is easily tamed. All his notes are 
loud and clear, and he is never for a moment 
still. 
In winter, this bird is found in little flocks of 
a dozen or more. These are probably all of one 
family, the parents and their two broods of the 
year. He is one of the birds who stores up food 
for a time when food is scarce. In summer, he 
eats only insects. 
The tufted titmouse, like others of his race, 
has a. great deal of curiosity. I have heard of 
one who came into a house through an open win- 
dow. It was a female titmouse in search of a 
good place for a nest. After she had been in 
all the rooms, and helped herself to whatever she 
found that was good to eat, she seemed to de- 
cide that it was a land of plenty and she would 
stay. 
The stranger settled upon a hanging basket as 
nice to build in. The family did not disturb her, 
and she brought in her materials and made her 
nest. She had even laid two or three eggs, when 
the people began to take too much interest in her 
affairs, and the bird thought it best to move to 
a safer place. 
Another of these birds in Ohio, looking about 
for something nice and soft to line her nest, 
