coal tit

noun

a small European songbird, Parus ater, having a black head with a white patch on the nape: family Paridae (tits)

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The coal tit-mouse and the marsh tit-mouse are seldom recognized as distinct species, by the novice.

Both kinds are perfectly amicable together, but a marsh will make way for a coal-tit.

There were also pretty Sardinian warblers, with long tails and a white nuchal spot like a coal-tit.

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