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FAMILIAR WILD BIRDS. 



There is very little difference in the plumage of the 

 sexes, but in the young birds the white markings are not 

 so pure, and the black colour about the head is less decided. 



The Cole Tit has been met with in Norway, and is said 

 to ]je a resident in Sweden and Siberia. It is_tolerably 

 well distributed over many of the European countries^ )( 



