BIRDS SHOT BY THE REV. FRANCIS GISBORNE. 



I8th. 

 19th. 

 2ISt. 

 22nd. 



24th. 

 25th. 

 26th 

 27th. 

 28th. 

 30th. 



Feb. 15th. 



23rd. 



May i6th. 



I Mallard, i Crow. 



I Wld. D., I Hare. 



I Heron, i Mallrd., 2 Snpes., i Bald Coot. 



I Bittern, ('5) 2 Par., i Mallrd., 2 Snpes., i f. 



Snpe., I Fid. Fare. 

 I Wild D.,5 Larks. 



1 Par., 1 Snpe. 



2 Ma]lrd.s. 

 I Snpe. 



I Par., I Mallard. 



I Hare, i Par. 

 3 Car. Crows, i Jack Daw. 

 2 Stares. 

 Shot 4 Rooks in Ch Tyard Glen and 16 Rooks at 



Romely.''*' 



T/tis Block is kindly lent by Messrs. Longmans and Co. 



rn ,^f'^''/« (f'''""'-«J^^^{^''''")--Getting more scarce every year, probably 



severer A '^^ "'°'' P't" ^^''^"^ °^ ^^^'"'''g^- '^^"^^ ^"^ is only one o^ 

 several. A specimen was shot in the neighbourhood of Staveley by Mr I I 

 Ciolts in 1S79, and is now in the possession of one of the family. 



Tn/vTf ?^'^ ' "'" 1'"' """"'^ "" •'^^^y *"=*" of s"°"' i" Midland counties. 



]T^^ , ^''P °" '^^ foads.— (Belsham's "Chronology.") 

 th. ^^.^^°"''^y:~^^^^^y Hall, in the parish of Staveley, was formerly 

 the residence of the Rector's brother, Thomas Gisborne, M.D., Fellow of 

 nf/h.r'ii Ti5^'"^"''se,F.R.S.,and Physician to the King, President 

 of the College of Physicians, 1804. He died, unmarried, at Romely, in 1806 

 aiid lies buried in Staveley churchyard. The Hall, now the property of 



