Citations:great-tit

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English citations of great-tit

  • 1889, “Birds of London - Titmice”, in The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art[1], pages 156–7:
    But both the great-tit and the coal-tit undoubtedly eat both seeds and berries
  • 1922, The Saturday Review[2], volume 133, page 575:
    One year when at this toil I saw a great-tit (Parus major) that would take food from only one woodman's hand.
  • 2008, Enid Blyton, Enid Blyton's Nature Lover's Book[3], page 28:
    I shall easily know them all now that you've really made me look at them carefully, Uncle Merry. Big bird with glossy black head and yellow and green colouring — great-tit ! Little bird with blue cap, blue wings, and yellow underneath — blue-tit ...