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on very small green caterpillars. Rears from nine to fourteen 
young in each brood, and feeds them about three hundred times 
a day (F. Norgate). If eggs or.nest be repeatedly destroyed, 
Blue Tits will lay four or five times in succession in one summer 
(about forty eggs altogether). Blue Tits and Great Tits may be 
encouraged and increased to almost any extent by hanging up 
suitable nesting-boxes (I’. Norgate). 
Crestep T1r.—Insects and small seeds of evergreens (Yarrell). 
Corr Trr.—Insects (bees ?), thistle-seeds (Yarrell). 
Lone-TAILeD T'rr.—Insects (Yarrell). 
BrearvepD T11.—Insects, seeds, and testaceous Mollusca, such 
as Succinea amphibia and Pupa muscorum (Yarrell). Mr. Dykes 
found in the crop of one Bearded Tit twenty Succinea amphibia 
and four Pupa muscorwm (Stevenson). 
Waxwine.—Berries of rowan, hawthorn, ivy, yew, and insects 
taken on the wing (Yarrell). 
Prep Waerait.—Insects, especially aquatic species and their 
larvie, and minnows (Yarrell). 
Grey WaaerTart.—Aquatic insects and small Mollusca, such 
as Cyclas cornea and Ancylus fluviatilis. 
GREY-HEADED WacrTait.—Aquatic insects, small green cater- 
pillars, flies, and moths. 
Ray’s Waerart.—Small insects (Yarrell). 
Tree Prerr and Mreapow Pirrr.—Insects and worms (Yarrell). 
Rock Prerr.—Aquatic insects. 
Ricuarp’s Prerr.—Several species of flies and gnats. A lady- 
bird and ichneumon were found in the stomach of one killed at 
Yarmouth in April (Stevenson). 
Snore Larx.—Insects, grass, seeds, ke. 
Sxy Larx.—Grain, grass, seeds, insects, and worms. In 
January, seeds of wild plants; February, seeds and corn; March, 
various insects, worms, seeds, and corn; April, insects, beetles, 
and corn; May, beetles; June, flies and various insects; July, 
grasshoppers, corn, and worms; August, crickets and grass- 
hoppers ; September, insects, seeds of weeds, and corn; October, 
seeds, barley, and worms; November, seeds, corn, and berries 
(Florent Prevost). 
Woop Larx.— Grain, grass, seeds, insects, and worms 
(Yarrell). 
SuHort-ToED Larx.—Insects and seeds (Yarrell). 
