THE YELLOW-BREASTED TIT 



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exhibiting the peculiar jealousy of the wood robin about the 

 tents. ' ' 



Yellow-breasted Tit. White-breasted Tit. 



Xortb Island Wood Eobiii. South Island Wood Kobin. 



The female undertakes most of the work of building the nest^ 

 which is composed mostly of mosses, grass-bents, very thin and 

 fine sprays, cobwebs, woolly scales of fern-trees, and dead leaves, 

 while the interior is lined with feathers. There are generally 



