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ranging up into the mountains to an elevation of five thousand feet. It would be 
difficult to name a more sociable or confiding species, for this tit lives in flocks 
during the greater part of the year, and roves about with its fellows in quest of the 
small insects, especially certain grubs found in the catkins of willows, which form 
its subsistence. Flying in an undulating fashion, and exhibiting a rather peculiar 
WHITE-HEADED LONG-TAILED TIT (| nat. size). 
appearance on the wing, as it flits gaily from one tree to another, uttering its loud 
and shrill call-note almost without cessation, this tit builds a beautiful nest 
composed of mosses, interwoven with wool and feathers, and exquisitely trimmed 
on the exterior with grey and white lichens; the interior of the structure being 
copiously lined with a variety of soft feathers. A peculiarly formed nest of this tit, 
taken in Denmark, resembled in shape a plain honey-jar, placed horizontally on 
