. British birds & their eggs : with a new method of identification . avierdark band looped from the nape to the dark chin;hind-head and nape blue, with indistinct gray patchon nape; back olive-green; wings and tail blue;under parts bright yellow, with a blue streak run-ning down the centre of the breast. Kesident. Eggs.—7-8, or more, white, spotted minutely allover with reddish-brown, but principally at the largerend; -58 x -45 inch (plate 126). Nest.—Of moss, wool, feathers, and hair, placed inholes in walls and in holes in trees, and in many othercavities, natural or artificial, provided wit
. British birds & their eggs : with a new method of identification . avierdark band looped from the nape to the dark chin;hind-head and nape blue, with indistinct gray patchon nape; back olive-green; wings and tail blue;under parts bright yellow, with a blue streak run-ning down the centre of the breast. Kesident. Eggs.—7-8, or more, white, spotted minutely allover with reddish-brown, but principally at the largerend; -58 x -45 inch (plate 126). Nest.—Of moss, wool, feathers, and hair, placed inholes in walls and in holes in trees, and in many othercavities, natural or artificial, provided with a suitablysmall entrance. Distribution.—General. The Blue Tit, or Tom-Tit, is a very brightlycoloured bird, much smaller than the Great Tit, andof a chubbier build than the Coal-Tit or dark stripe passing through the eye and dividingthe white face into an upper and lower section at oncecatches the eye. No other Tit has anything resem-bling it, unless it be the Crested Titmouse, a rare andvery local bird limited to certain tracts of pine woods. UJ w o mt H HI D in 0.
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