THE TIT. 



/ T~^HE small, beauti- 

 * fully coloured, and 



peaceful birds which 

 we know as Tits are a 

 very interesting family. 

 There are in all seven 

 varieties of Tits, but 

 only four are resident 

 with us viz., the Great 

 Tit or Oxeye, the Blue 

 Tit, Coal Tit, and Long- 

 Tailed Tit, the latter 

 rather rare. The first 

 three are abundant, but 

 the Coal Tit, keeping 

 BLUE TIT. more to the woods than 



the Oxeye and Blue Tit, is not so well known. 

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