The Marsh Tit, Plain Tit, and some Willow Tits retain territory in winter and pair after occupying territory. Other species which abandon their breeding territories and flock in winter form pairs before they establish territory (Gibb 1956a).

— Edward Allworthy Armstrong A Study of Bird Song (1963)

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