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have some trouble in turning if there were 
only one hole, and it seems strange that 
two are not always made. The structure is 
a fine example of a domed nest, and takes 
first place amongst the homes of British birds 
for elegance and for marvel of construction 
too. 
The long-tailed tit is easily distinguished 
from the five other British tits by the length 
of its tail, which also has a white feather on 
each side all the way down. The other tits are 
the blue, the great, the marsh, the crested, and 
the cole tit. The long-tailed tit may often 
be seen in winter as well as in summer in our 
gardens. Like the blue tit (tomtit), its habits 
are very active, assuming all sorts of positions 
in its ceaseless search for food. Equili- 
brist 1s a term well applicable to this bird, 
for if uses its tail to balance itself, like a 
tightrope walker with his pole, only that 
the tail is always kept straight downwards, 
which in some positions gives it a very 
grotesque appearance. The shape of the body 
somewhat resembles a bottle, from which 
