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A very common bird is the great Tit, and I am afraid we 

 must admit rather a mischievous one. I believe it however 

 not to be as bad as it has been represented. 



Almost every hole in the trees in Savernake Forest will 

 be found to be occupied by a pair of these birds, unless it 

 has been previously taken possession of by some of our 

 other hole-building birds. 



I believe that this bird has been successfully reared in a 

 cage. I have made the attempt more than once, but never 

 with any success. 



These birds are caught in great numbers in horse-hair 

 nooses set for them on account of the mischief they do to 

 the young buds of fruit trees, &c. 



