THE LONG-TAILED TIT 



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together, in single file from hedgerow to hedgerow. 

 There is a dipping motion in their flight which is pretty 

 to watch. All these feed on insects and their larvae. 

 The Long-tailed Tit is the size of the Wren ; a round- 

 headed little bird with a tiny beak, and a very long tail. 

 The head is white, and suggests that of a grey-headed 

 old grandfather. The fore-part of the back is black with 

 white patches on the shoulders, the tail black, the three 

 outer feathers being for the most part white, and 

 graduated in length, the two middle feathers being 

 shorter. The under part is rose colour; the tiny beak 

 black. 



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A bright winter friend. 



