THE TUFTED TITMOUSE.

- Jue Titmouse is a familiar, active, rest-
less bird, of a peevish and courageous
disposition, and a great enemy of insects.
It moves by short and sudden leaps, from
branch to branch. During the autumn
and winter, the Titmice approach gar
dens and orchards, in search of food. They
feed on grain, fruits, insects, and larve,
which they pick out from every crevice.
In pursuit. of insects they sometimes in-
jure the trees. Sometimes they carry
their depredations so far as to attack —
sickly birds, even of their own species,
commencing by piercing the skull and

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