together, and lined with fibrous roots. The eggs, usually 
five in number, are light greenish-blue in colour, speckled 
and streaked with light red and dark purple. And the 
family instinct is unusually strong, for the little birds 
remain in company with their parents throughout the 
autumn and winter, just like those of the long-tailed 
titmouse, and may often be seen flitting along, one after 
another, by the side of a hedge. 
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