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AVES. 
Tits feeding on Maize.—On the 15th inst. I was watching three 
species of Tits—Blue, Great, and Cole—in Bingley Wood, all feeding 
greedily on maize, or at least the softer portions of the grain—perhaps 
the germs only. Their usual method was to take each grain into the 
nearest tree, and peck away until they secured the desired morsel, 
which process occupied but a few moments, after which they allowed 
the residue to fall to the ground, the rejected matter beneath the 
trees forming quite a litter for a considerable area. Formerly the 
Cole-Tit did not take to Indian corn so freely as the Blue Tit, the 
latter having been fond of this food ever since it was first largely used 
in feeding poultry and Pheasants ; but at present, even in mild winter 
when other and more natural food is readily procurable, maize must 
constitute a by no means unimportant part in the bill of fare of three 
species of Titmice whfch frequent our woods in winter. Whilst 
watching the Titmice a Redbreast came within a few feet from where 
a gamekeeper’s son and I were standing, and bolted several pieces of 
Indian corn. I thought I had seen it previously doing so when it was 
about fifteen yards distant, but was hardly prepared to believe this to 
be possible until it came close to us.——H. P, Burrerrienp (Bank 
House, Wilsden). 
Rough-legged Buzzard in Hants.—A female of this grand winter 
visitor was killed a few miles from Ringwood on Feb. 8th, and I saw 
it soon after it was shot. It measured just over twenty-three inches 
in length, was forty-eight inches across its expanded wings, and 
weighed exactly three pounds. Though of course destitute of the 
Owl-like disk of feathers about the face, the softness of its plumage, 
reminded one very forcibly of the Strigid@ (even more than the 
plumage of the closer allied Harriers), and the form of the eyes, so 
enlarged in the socket behind the eyelid, increases the similarity, 
indicating, I suppose, that Buteo lagopus often seeks its prey far into 
the dusk. In the stomach I found what I think were the remains of 
a Rabbit, from the length and quantity of fur mixed therewith, but if 
