Tomtit

"Tomtit," she said to that young worthy, who lay flat on his back, kicking up his heels in the sun, waiting for his knives to clean themselves, "pray tell me what 's going on there!"

Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. Vol. I 1856

Tomtit sing in a Tree, as her musing Fancy made her imagine,

A Patch-Work Screen for the Ladies 2008

* “The Songs of Timothy Tomtit” 210 words; unpublished, appearing in the Limited Edition Only.

Subterranean Press » 2007 » October 2007

The Nuthatches and other cousins of the Chickadees took this warning seriously, and set about learning how and when to go; but Tomtit, who led his brothers, only laughed and turned a dozen wheels around a twig that served him for a trapeze.

Johnny Bear And Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted Ernest Thompson Seton 1903

They may then be found in great cities, or open prairies, cellars, chimneys, and hollow logs; and the next time you find one of the wanderers in any such place, be sure to remember that Tomtit goes crazy once a year, and probably went into his strange retreat in search of the Gulf of Mexico.

Johnny Bear And Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted Ernest Thompson Seton 1903

All the cousins of the Chicadees listened to the warning and got ready to go; but Tomtit, their leader, only laughed and turned a dozen wheels around a twig that served him for a bar.

Woodland Tales Ernest Thompson Seton 1903

So the Chicadees said it was all nonsense, and went off, singing and chasing one another through the woods, led by Tomtit singing a new song in which he made fun of the travellers.

Woodland Tales Ernest Thompson Seton 1903

Mary Watson, Beany's sister and Mary Straton whose father chased me and Beany when we broke the gaslite, can run faster then enny of the fellers xcept Tomtit and Arthur Francis.

'Sequil' Or Things Whitch Aint Finished in the First 1899

Tomtit was mad becaus we woodent take sheet iron for pay. you cant get ennything for sheet iron down to old

'Sequil' Or Things Whitch Aint Finished in the First 1899

Tomtit says he has got beter things than we have and he got all the fellers to go up there.

'Sequil' Or Things Whitch Aint Finished in the First 1899