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iB" Unfortunately, however, they are much NP 3 
given to pecking holes in the stems Ks SB 
of pears as they begin to ripen, and fIN Wy ANY 
are also addicted, like the great tit, WOOF} 
to destroying fruit-buds. Still, when one remembers that YONG 
throughout the whole year they are always busily occupied 
in destroying insects, and that those insects, if left to 
themselves, would have done far more damage than is ever 
done by the birds, this seems but a small price to pay for 
their services, and we can regard the Blue Tit as one of the 
most valuable of all our feathered friends. 
