Citations:crow-tit

Noun: "any small titlike bird of the family Paradoxornithidae, noted for their curved, parrotlike bills"

 * 1924, The China Year Book 1924-1924, page 84:
 * the remarkable crow-tits which have deep, almost parrot-like bills;
 * 1943, Arthur de Carle Sowerby, Birds Recorded from or Known to Occur in the Shanghai Area, page 14:
 * The bills in all the crow-tits are short, very deep and laterally compressed.
 * 1964, Hans Hvass, Birds of the World in Color, page 28:
 * The parrotbills or crow-tits, Paradoxornithidae, are a family of small tit-like birds found in Europe and Asia, most in India and South China.
 * 1981, Hans Hoefer, Leonard Lueras, & Nedra Chung, Korea, page 24:
 * The results of such conservation are obvious: not only is the pheasant now in great supply, but magpies, gorgeous black and brilliant yellow orioles, perky little crow tits,
 * 1983, Home-Coming and Other Korean Short Stories, page 101:
 * "Nobody says that. But in my opinion, it's better for poor people to act like what they are. A crow tit shouldn't imitate a crane."
 * 1986, Yoon Moo-Boo, "Birds of Korea", Seoul (magazine), page 73:
 * They also learned many lessons from birds; for instance, if any flock of birds, from tiny crow tits to large cranes, fails to unite they can not survive,
 * 1990, Ji Zhao, The Natural History of China, page 93:
 * Parrotbills (also known as crow-tits) are small, long-tailed birds related to above
 * 1995, Contemporary Chinese Women Writers, Volume 4, page 81:
 * There he squatted upon its verdant bank and emptied his mind of all sentiments as he listened to the crow tits twittering in the trees, watched the river mist disperse in the rays of the rising sun, and thrilled to the red foliage scintillating across the face of the mountains.
 * 1998, Mia Yun, House of the Winds, page 130:
 * We swam in the stream, caught locusts and dragon flies, hunted for eggs laid by Korean crow tits in the rice paddies,
 * 2009, Sunwon Hwang, Lost Souls: Stories, page 191:
 * In comparison, Kaptǔk's father, a villager nicknamed Slit Eyes because his eyes were narrow like a crow tit's, was quick-witted and knew when to stop.