THE BLUE TIT 
and appear most friendly to those kind people who 
take the trouble to provide small feasts for their 
feathered friends. The Great Tit is the largest of 
his family, although, even then, he Is barely the size 
of a sparrow. He may be known by his olive-green 
back, and his breast of yellow, with a striking black 
line down the centre, a black head and throat and 
white cheeks. 
The Blue Tit is much smaller, but he is similar 
In colouring, except that he has a blue crown and 
bluish wings and tail. He is one of the bravest, and 
also the most quarrelsome, of small birds, but he is a 
useful little fellow for destroying insects. Often 
when taking off Insect-bitten buds he is doing a use- 
ful pruning, which will make the other buds larger 
and finer. 
The nest is made of moss and lined with wool 
and hair and feathers. The mother chooses a con- 
venient hollow, either in a wall or tree ; she has 
even been known to build in a flower-pot, an old 
coffee-pot, and many other odd places. The mother 
builds the nest and the father finds the materials. 
Should any one put an inquisitive hand into the hol- 
low where Mrs. Tit Is hidden, she will make a most 
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