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STRANGE DWELLINGS. 



It is a specially early bird, earlier than the sparrow, which is 

 apt to be rather a sluggard as regards leaving its nest, though it 

 sets up its garrulous chirp soon after daybreak. At that hour 

 of the morning the Long-tailed Titmouse seems to cast off fear 

 and diffidence, and allows itself to be watched without display- 



THE LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. 



ing much alarm. Indeed, with the aid of a good opera-glass, it 

 may be observed almost as well as if it were in a cage. 



As the sun ascends above the horizon, and men and boys 

 begin to go about to their daily work, the Titmouse loses its 

 easy confidence, and will not suffer itself to be approached so 

 closely as in the early morning. Generally, somewhere about 



