An Outline of the Smaller British Birds Intended for the Use of Ladies And Young
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But the blue titmouse, or nun (Parus cseruleus), the colemouse (Parus ater), the great black-headed titmouse (Frin- gillago), and the marsh titmouse (Parus palus- tris), all resort at times to buildings, and in hard weather particularly. The great titmouse, driven by stress of weather, much frequents houses; and, in deep snows, I have seen this bird, while it hung with its back downwards (to my no small delight and admiration), draw straws lengthwise from out the eaves of thatch- ed houses, in ...order to pull out the flies that were concealed between them, and that in such numbers that they quite defaced the thatch, and gave it a ragged appearance. " The blue titmouse, or nun, is a great fre- quenter of houses, and a general devourer. Besides insects, it is very fond of flesh ; for it frequently picks bones in dunghills : it is a vast admirer of suet, and haunts butchers' shops. When a boy, I have known twenty in H 2 100 RESIDENT BIRDS. a morning caught with snap mouse-traps, bait- ed with tallow or suet.
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