TKEE-TITS 



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Gemts Smiconil.s. Tree-tits. 

 The smallest of the Australian birds, the length under 3^2 

 inches, the wing 2 inches or under. The habits are those of the 

 European Titmice, though their leafy world is loftier. They 

 twine about the finest twigs of the outermost branches, and pry 

 into the leafy recesses in their busy search for insects, uttering 



Flame-breasted Robin: Petroeea 3)1wemeca. 



Australian Museum. 



the while their pretty little notes. The nest is built aloft 

 among the highest twigs of the tree ; it is dome-shaped in form, 

 with a side entrance, and is composed of green moss and grass 

 all matted together very closely with spiders' webs, and lined 

 with a few feathers. The eggs are two or three in number, dull 

 buff marked with fine freckles at the larger end. They measure 

 .62 X .43 inch. 



