THE BLUE TITMOUSE. 



PAR US C&RULEUS. 



BIRDS which eat seeds are generally marked birds 

 with agriculturists. If they are seen upon the 

 ground in gardens, it is at once asserted that they 

 are in quest of newly-sown seeds ; and should they 

 twitter about amongst the sprays in spring, they 

 are, of course, accused of nipping off the buds and 

 destroying the beauty of summer and the wealth of 

 autumn. In both these situations the Tits may be 

 observed at times, and although they come to 

 preserve rather than to destroy, this is not generally 

 known or admitted ; they are branded as seed- 

 eating, bud -picking birds, and, as such, their fate 

 is sealed. 



Justice to the birds, and also to those who 

 unwisely persecute them, thus demands that they 

 should be called bv the name of that food to which 



