iN TREO MONTH “OF fUNE 87 
in which to find birds’ nests. However, with 
but little trouble Ted found another one— 
that of thelong-tailed tit. The parent birds, 
as usual, by their evident distress guided us 
straight to the spot: right in the midst of a 
thick leafy may bush the elegant structure was 
concealed. We noted the exact place where 
it was built, andsome time afterwards, when 
the young were flown, we came back to it, and 
carefully cutting all the branches down, took | 
the photograph. It was constructed chiefly 
of lichens taken from the trunks of trees. Its 
outside appearance was much like the wren’s 
(see Plate XX XVII), but it was a narrower oval, 
being only some five inches across. Several 
twigs traversed the nest in all directions, and 
showed the care, skill, and patience of the 
little birds. The nests of long-tailed tits 
have either one or two holes of entrance. 
This one had two. The bird goes in by one 
to sit upon the eggs or young, its long tail 
protruding out behind, and when quitting the 
nest naturally, or when alarmed, it leaves by 
the other hole. This is of course a most 
