THE COLE TIT. 



Par us ater. 



HIS pretty and active little 

 bird is very well known in 

 almost every county in Great 

 Britain. It is certainly not 

 so numerous as the Blue Tit, 

 but its geographical distri- 

 bution is quite as wide and 

 impartial. The places of 

 resort most favoured by 

 these birds are woods, plan- 

 tations, and shrubberies, 

 especially those containing 

 any sorts of fir trees, birch, 

 or oak; not unfrequently they 

 may be observed in little 

 parties in furze-brakes and 

 tangled thickets near streams. 

 The general habits of the 

 Cole Tit are very similar to 

 those of the Blue Tit ; it is 

 incessantly in motion, actively 

 searching for its food among 

 the branches of the trees 

 above mentioned. It is very 



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