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that marks tt out at once, and it keeps it straight 
down always to balance itself. The tail is 
black, the two outer feathers showing white 
all the way down. Notes, ‘chee, chee, chee,’ 
a weak little cheeping. The body is long and 
bottle-shaped (Bottle Tit). 
Next comes the Blue Ii or. Tomi 
(described in Part I, pp. 33-6), length, 4% 
inches. It is a gay-looking bird of a notably 
blue colour (whence name); head, wings and 
tail blue. The body is oval, and yellow in 
front. (The tints of the tits that live always 
in the country are much brighter than those 
that frequent smoky towns and especially 
London gardens. So that even the blue Tit, 
the blue being ofa beautiful shade, may not be 
at once recognized in the suburbs.) Notes, like 
the long-tailed tit, a cheeping. The ‘chee, chee, 
chee,’ (or ‘twee, twee, twee’) 1s feeble and con- 
stant. It is the little fellow that often nests and 
one so often sees in London gardens throughout 
the year. (Best seen when the leaves are off the 
trees.) When you hear the little ‘twee, twee, 
twee’ look for the bird. It is very fond of 
maize, out of which it eats only the eye, and 
