4 JANUARY 1935, Page 19

Coconut Competitors

In one cottage garden on the edge of Oxford all four tits have been seen, but for a while they were all four equally defeated in their onslaughts on a three-quarter coconut.- The food was discovered by a young rat or two, who learned to slide down the string, and thereafter curled up in the coconut and ate to their hearts' content. It was curious that the old rats did not attempt such gymnastics. Youth will be served—especially with food.