YELLOW-BREASTED BIRDS. 



a 'Peetera! peetera ! ptetera!' then a w hulling 

 ' /' in the style of a Willow- Wren, but stronger; 

 at another time it becomes a metallic ' Oit-a-long I 

 git-a-long / ' or an incisive ' Ping / ping f ' or of tenor 

 still a chuckling ' Chur-r-r-r ! ' Seen from below, 

 the heavy black band dividing the breast longi- 

 tudinally, set off by the bright-yellow vmder parts, 

 stamps the Great Tit at once. 



COAL-TIT 44 inches; head, throat, and front of neck 

 black ; white patch on the nape much larger relatively 

 to the size of the bird ; back olive- gray ; under parts 

 grayish-white, bat no black breast-band. 



MARSH-TIT 4$ inches ; head, nape, and chin black ; no 

 white nape -patch; back olive - brown ; under parts 

 grayish-white, but no black breast-band. 



BLUE TIT 44 inches ; bine head and wings ; sides of face 

 white, divided by a dark stripe passing through the eye ; 

 under parts yellow, with central blue streak, but not 

 comparable with the Great Tit's heavy black breast- 

 band. 



