O less than seven kinds of Titmice are found 
in Great Britain, of which the Great Tit 
is by far the largest and one of the most plentiful. He may 
be seen in almost all parts of the country, and may easily 
be attracted even to a suburban garden by the simple 
expedient of suspending half a cocoanut, or a lump of suet, 
by a yard or so of string from the branch of a tree. He is 
a somewhat quarrelsome bird, much given to fighting with 
rivals of his own species, and with other birds as well, and 
has been known, not once but many times, to split open their 
skulls with his powerful beak, in order to peck out and devour 
their brains. As a rule, however, he is an insect-eater, and 
may be seen systematically searching the trunks and branches 
of fruit-trees in quest of victims, while he feeds his young 
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