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DENIZENS OP THE FOREST 



being yellow. They are immediately recognisable by the 

 white ring round the eye, which has given them their trivial 

 English name " White-Eye " and the Dutch " Kersoogie." 



In the Central Transvaal we foimd them especially fond 

 of the nectar of the ordinary eucalyptus flowers, and very 

 destructive to ripe apricots and figs. 



They build a small cup-shaped nest of fine material and 

 moss cemented together with cobweb, &c., and finely lined 

 with hair ; they lay four or five pale blue eggs. 



TITS 



The Tits {Paridce) are represented by six kinds, one of 

 which is, however, only a sub-species. 



Fia. 85. — Black Tit at nest hole. 



