BIRDS SHOT BY THE REV. FRANCIS GISBORNE. 



6th. I W. C. 



7th. I Snpe., but a BllZZard or Kite eat it.'^'' 



9th. I Titlark, I W. C, I Par., i Wat. Hen. 



nth. I Young Cock or Hen Pheasant,'^^' i W. C. 



1 2th. I Wat. Hen., I Snpe. 



I5lh. 3 W. C.'s, 5 J. Snpes., i Par. 



i6th. 4 ynpes. 



1 8th. 3 Cock Pheasants, 4 Woodcocks, 1 of em on ground. 



2ist. I Snpe. on ground. 



22. 2 W. C.'s & 1/2 do. with Mr. Thos. Bourne,'=3) 



1 Snipe. 

 23rd. I Snpe. 



27th. I Quail, I Fid. Fare., i Lark, 2 Wat. Hens, 



2 J. Snpes, 1 1 Snipes. 



28th. I Cock Pheasant, I Par., 4 W. C.'s. 



29th. 2 Snpes., I J. Snpe., I Missel Thrush. 



Deer. 2. 3 J. Snpes., 2 W. C.'s, i Wd. Owl. 



4th. 3 Snpes., I J. Snpe., 2 Pars., I Hare. 



Sth. 6 Snpes, 3 Pars., 2 of em a. o. s. 



6th. I Fid. Fare, 2 Snpes;, i J. Snpe., 2 Pars. a. o. s. 



7th. I Fid. Fare, 6 Snpes., I Wat. Rail, i Par. 



9th. I Snpe., I W. Duck, i Mallard, both hit the first 

 shot. N B. Shot 2 Teal but could not get 



them.'^"' 



1 2th. I Wat. Hen., I Fid. Fare, 4 Snpes., i Wld. Duck, 



I Mallrd. 

 13th. I Male Teal, i do. do., i Fid. Fare, i Par., 



I Wild Duck. 



(21) " _A7/£ " or " Buezarti." — Bewick (1832) describes the former as 

 then common in England. It certainly is not so now. The latter is (so Morris 

 says) still sufficiently abundant, although Waterton speaks of the common 

 variety as extinct in Yorkshire. 



<==' Young Cock or Hen Pheasant. — This is only one indication among 

 many that the entries were not invariably made immediately succeeding 

 the conclusion of the day's sport. The Rector's memory was evidently in 

 doubt here. 



'=3) Mr. Thos. Boitrne. — I can find no such name in the parish registers. 

 He may have been a guest or a neighbour from an adjoining parish. 



(=*' ^^ Could not get them.'^ — I am informed by some of the old inhabi- 

 tants at Staveley that within their memory there were one or two large 

 sheets of water frequented by wild aquatic birds, which have now disappeared, 

 through drainage and other causes, but which would easily account for such 

 an entry as this. If " Fanny " had been a retriever, possibly the birds might 

 have been bagged. 



