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THE COLE TIT. 



Panis (iter. 



IHIS pretty and active little 

 bird is very well known in 

 almost every county in Great 

 Britain. It is certainly not 

 so^ numerous as the Blue Tit, 

 but its geographical distri- 

 bution is quite as wide and 

 impartial. The places of 

 resort most favoured by 

 these birds are woods, plan- 

 tations, and shrubberies, 

 especially those containing 

 any sorts of fir trees, birch, 

 or oak; not infrequently they 

 may be observed in little 

 parties in furze-brakes and 

 tangled thickets near streams. 

 The general habits of the 

 Cole__Tit are very similar to 

 those of the Blue Tit 7 it is 

 incessantly in motion, actively 

 searching for its food among 

 the branches of the trees 

 above mentioned. It is very 



