THE TOM TIT. 
A PAIR of Blue Tits have made a nest in the elm 
tree, near my bed room. They wake me up at the 
dawn of day, so that I am not able to lie late. 
You have no idea how busy they are ! They are 
up and down the tree all day long, on the look out 
for food. As they eat any kind of grub, I can not 
tell you how much good they do. The Blue Tit, 
or Tom Tit, has a good deal of blue upon his head 
and back, and a kind of bufif hue on the side of the 
face. One kind of Tit has a very long tail, and 
one, that we call the Ox Eye, is dark. None are so 
gay as the Blue Tit. The kind with the long tail 
will make a very odd sort of nest ; it is made to 
hang to a twig like a bag, and the bird goes in and 
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