IN April, 1926, close to my house in Mawgan-in-Pydar, north Cornwall, I found the nest of a Long-tailed Tit (Mgithalos c. rosea) in a low thorn bush, in process of construction. When incubation was commenced, I noticed the tip of the bird's tail projecting through the roof of the nest. On examination, I found a neatly-made hole in the roof of the dome at the part furthest from the entrance apertur...
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