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ranging up into the mountains to an elevation of five thousand feet. It would be 

 difficult to name a more sociable or confiding species, for this tit lives in flocks 

 during the greater part of the year, and roves about with its fellows in quest of the 

 small insects, especially certain grubs found in the catkins of willows, which form 

 its subsistence. Flying in an undulating fashion, and exhibiting a rather peculiar 



WHITE-HEADED LONG-TAILED TIT (f nat. size). 



appearance on the wing, as it flits gaily from one tree to another, uttering its loud 

 and shrill call-note almost without cessation, this tit builds a beautiful nest 

 composed of mosses, interwoven with wool and feathers, and exquisitely trimmed 

 on the exterior with grey and white lichens ; the interior of the structure being 

 copiously lined with a variety of soft feathers. A peculiarly shaped nest of this tit 

 taken in Denmark, resembled in shape a plain honey-jar, placed horizontally on 



