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to them by their notes, and then you must look 
for them carefully for they are much hidden 
(unless it be winter time) amongst the foliage 
by the way in which they behave. They are 
all woodland birds. The largest of them is the 
Great Tit (6 inches long). Its notes, especi- 
ally in early spring, at nesting time, may be 
spelt, ‘ peter, peter, peter,’! loudly and often 
repeated, and you cannot fail to hear them. 
It sits up more than the others, and is a 
decidedly bigger and sturdier bird in every way 
than the rest, almost equalling a_cock- 
sparrow in size. The chest is yellow, and the 
body dark olive green. The head is black, 
with a large pure white rounded spot on the 
cheek.? Next in size is the Long-tavled tit (figured 
ma Part’ 1, p." 86 (length, 5? inches). It is 
not so gay in appearance, being of a grey 
brown, and deep blue-black colour in the body, 
head black fringed with white and all the 
cheek and throat white. But it ts tts long tarl 
1 Or better ‘teacha, teachla, teachla’ (from the 
Country Side). It has other notes also. 
2 From which it receives the name of the ox-eye. 
General colour, greenish and grey. It will sometimes 
kill and eat the brains of smaller birds. 
