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NATURAL HISTORY 
TIT-MOUSE. 
The Tit-Mouse and all the species related 
to him, live on insects as well ns on seeds. 
When kept in a cage, it is really amusing 
to sec with what quickness the Tit-Mouse 
darts at the fly or moth which imprudently 
comes within the circumference of his reach; 
if this kind of food is deficient, he then feeds 
upon several kinds of scefl, and particularly 
that of the sun-flower, which he dexterously 
holds upright between his claws, and strikes 
powerfully with his sharp little beuk, till the 
black covering splits, and yields its white 
contents to the hammering bird. They 
form their nests with great ingenuity, and 
tlic female lays upwards of twenty eggs. 
