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most common. It frequents the same places as both | 
the blue and cole tits, and it is not an easy thing to 
distinguish the latter from the one of which we are 
now speaking, when at a distance, as the movements 
of both are alike, and it is only on close inspection 
that we can discern the white spot on the nape, which 
- puts an end to all doubt as to the species being Cole 
or Marsh Tit. This bird resorts to woods and fir 
plantations ; it is common in marshy districts, and we 
are told by some ornithologists it is more often seen 
in places where willow trees abound, from whence it 
derives the name of Marsh Tit. It feeds on insects, 
and is very destructive to bees; its call-note is similar 
tothe €ole tits, but less harsh than either the blue 
or great tit, and is sounded in a double syllable, like 
“Effee.” This is often uttered, both when it is nesting 
and when the young follow their parents, which they 
do for some months after they have left the nest. 
This bird builds in holes of trees, and, like some other 
birds, if the hole is not large enough, it will chisel it 
out with its bill, and carry the chips away in its beak 
forsomse Gistanee, lcavine no trace of a mest there, ~& 
