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which also like these boxes to build in, may 
not be able to get into them.) The great 
tit, especially, collects much material in its 
nest hole. The blue tit (tomtit) will some- 
times choose all sorts of odd places to build in, 
as an old bottle, a pump, letter-box, etc., 
selecting something with a small hole of 
entrance. [he materals “of the messsiare 
grasses chiefly. They are lined with grass, 
moss, feathers, hair and wool. The nest of 
the blue tit as,very elegant... Tits buidian 
spring and may have more than one nest each 
year. The numbers and colours of the eggs 
of these birds are: Great Tit, six to nine, white 
with large spots and specks of red. Long- 
tailed Tit, ten to twelve (or more), white with 
a few specks of red. The smallest egg of all 
the British birds. Blue Tit, seven or eight (or 
more), pinky white, spotted most at the larger 
end with reddish brown. Marsh Tit, five to 
eight, white, spotted red. Coal Tit, six to 
eight, also white, spotted red. 
The pheasant is a familiar preserved wood 
and spinny inhabiting bird, and is found near 
