Three Feathered Mites and 
Their Homes 
Ir you live in the country I am sure 
~ you know what a bottle-tit is. If you 
have to live in London perhaps you 
can’t think what I am talking about. 
Well, I mean the little bird with a long 
tail which, in the books, is called a long- 
tailed tit. If you look for it in any bird 
book you will see its picture, which will 
give you some idea of what it is like. 
But only some idea, for no picture can 
give all the beauty and the grace of a live 
bird. It is quite a little mite of a thing. 
If you took away its long tail and its 
thick coat of fluffy feathers, there 
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