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the hive Bees, though they are always accused 

 of so doing. I fancy the dead Bees, which are 

 so often at the mouths of the hives at this 

 season of the year, first attract them ; and when 

 they have got all they can reach, I have known 

 them to peck a large hole into an old straw 

 hive to try to get more. Perhaps this disturb- 

 ance at the hive brings some of the half torpid 

 Bees out to see what is the matter, and Parus 

 Major (Oxeye) likely enough improves the occa- 

 sion by devouring them. This Tit seems more 

 insectivorous than Parus Cceruleus (Blue Tit), 

 which does not, so far as I have seen after 

 many years' observation, indulge in this habit." 



DNTVERSJ TY OF CALIFORNIA 

 LOS ANGELES 



