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RESEARCH
THE PLUMAGE OF city-dwelling great tits (Parus major) is paler than that of their country cousins – and this is believed to be down to diet.
The yellow pigment of the birds’spectrum colours – yellow, orange and red – in plants and act as antioxidants, helping to offset the toxic effects of pollution.