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few hours. Their holes may be located by finding 
these pellets, which fall down to the ground. 
These owls remain in this country all the year. 
The Tits—I have so far described only 
the blue and the long-tailed tits, but all the 
three others, viz., the Great, the Marsh and 
the Cole Tit are found in good numbers near 
London. All are residents. There is a great 
similarity in these birds in their configuration 
and ways and louping flight. They are small 
birds, the bodies of the smallest not being 
larger than a walnut, but are covered with a 
profusion of loose feathers which make them 
fluffy and so they look larger. It is a pretty 
sight to see the parent tits with the young 
family pass down a hedge, all busily engaged 
in investigating each twig they flit to. They 
seem such a happy well-ordered little family, 
minding only their own business and not 
heeding you at all. They have the restless, 
busy ways peculiar to tits, continuously pry- 
ing into every bit of leaf and bud and bark, 
and twisting themselves in every possible way 
to get at the insects and grubs there. 
Your attention will very possibly be drawn 
