. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. I 301 IIAIilTS OF THK lUlTK TITMOUSR Avm-n Roen to visit lli(.ir n.'st four and scvnily-livc (inios, iicvor bii]i"inn' less lliiiii Olio lar-o caterpillar, ami nviicrallv two or three .small ones. Tiiese tlKMl'lore (, on tla^ , of live luindred caterpillars daily, a niiniinuiu (,l' lifteei! tliDusand durin,^ tlie i'cw weeks eiii])loyed in rearin,!,^ their yonii^;'. While soarclnnn' lor insects, tlu' lihui Titmouse ol' iiway'tho I
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. I 301 IIAIilTS OF THK lUlTK TITMOUSR Avm-n Roen to visit lli(.ir n.'st four and scvnily-livc (inios, iicvor bii]i"inn' less lliiiii Olio lar-o caterpillar, ami nviicrallv two or three .small ones. Tiiese tlKMl'lore (, on tla^ , of live luindred caterpillars daily, a niiniinuiu (,l' lifteei! tliDusand durin,^ tlie i'cw weeks eiii])loyed in rearin,!,^ their yonii^;'. While soarclnnn' lor insects, tlu' lihui Titmouse ol' iiway'tho Imds of fruit- ire.:, (oirctlu'r with jiears and ajijiles, hut in almost everv easo it seeks to devour, not the inni, init a nian-nt which lies concealed within it, and wliieli, if not destroyed, would not only uijure the iiai'tieular fruit, hut would also (h'slroy many others hy nieaiis of its future l) The foodofthis hird isof a most multifarious cliaraeter, fortjie I'.lue Titmouse Ims been known t<i eat v<x the jaws of the It has e\-en heen known" to iteck holes in hens'^ f,,,. liie puri)ose ol eatm^- the contents; hut on account of the large size of the , it was not ahle to attain its [)urpose. 1 liave even .seen the Titmice unite against a fame liawk winch r kept, assault him simul- taueously, and carry off the piece of nu'at which had just heen given to him. It is a very pugnacious little hird, and is alwa3-s ready for a coin- hat with any one of its own kind. JUit in the breeding .season its coni- hative character is develo]ied U) tlu' fullest extent, and the tiny hlne creature will boldly attack a man if he should happen to approadi .â¢-, loo near the nest. Should tin' 'â . ' '' ]iosition of tlie nest he discovered, and the hand inserted in order to feel for the eggs, the mother-hirJ niters a sharp, angry hiss, and bites so sharjily at'the intru(lin<,' tingers that they are generally hastily withdrawn, under the ini- ]iressi
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