p32 SYNOPSIS (AND ALPHABETICAL INDEX 
fall. Plumage: Head and crest black and green ; 
cheek, white; back and wings, olive-green shaded 
purplish-brown ; under part of body white; legs red ; 
tail, white, tipped deep black. Male and female much 
alike, but colour of latter not so brilliant. Bird and its 
eggs: Edible. Nest: In February to March. One of 
the earliest of English birds to build—about the same 
time as the rook, and even before the sparrow, thrush, 
blackbird, robin, etc. Sztwated on the ground, in a shallow 
scratched-out hollow; open. Made of a few pieces of 
grass, or at times only the hollow. Second nests : 
Sometimes. Eggs: Dark  olive-brown _ irregularly 
blotched with brownish-black, the depth of the colours 
varying with the surroundings (for protection). Gener- 
ally four. 
9: LONG -DATEED tT 
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Parus caudatus (one of the Conirostres. See Black- 
headed Bunting). Syn.: Bottle Tit (from shape of 
body). Very active, always climbing about branches 
of trees, twigs, etc., in all positions, but with its 4-inch 
long tail (hence name) always hanging straight down- 
wards. Flight: Heavy and undulating. Note: Twit- 
ters feebly. Distinguish the wagtails, which have also 
long tails which they wag constantly, and do not climb 
