TITMICE 



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Long-Tailed Widely different is the long-tailed titmouse (Acredula caudata), 



Titmouse. which frequents woods of all kinds, except those consisting of pines, 



but prefers such as contain stretches of water. It is met with in willow plantations, 



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LONG-TAILED TITMICE AND THEIR NEST. 



and gardens and parks, and, particularly in winter, close to human dwellings. This 

 bird is represented by two distinct races in Europe and northern Asia as far 

 eastward as Japau. These races are frequently considered to be separate species; 

 the one with a black edge to the white crown being resident in the British Isles. 

 The continental bird, which has no black in the crown, is well known in Germany 



