BIRDS SHOT BY THE REV. FRANCIS GISBORNE. 1 85 



14th. I Fid. Fare flying, I Wat. Hen, do., 5 Snpes., 



2 Wild Duck, I Mallard. 

 1 6th. 2 Thrushes a. o. s., I Wat. Rail, I Fid. Fare & 



1 Redwg. Thrush at ye same shot, I Par. 

 19th. I Snpe., I Fid. Fare. 



26th. I Fid. Fare, lo Larks a. o. s.,<=3' i Hare. 

 23rd. I Fid. Fare, I Bl. Bird flyg. 

 24th. 3 Fid. Fares, i. W. Duck. 

 30th. 4 Fid, Fres., I Wat. Rail, 2 Snpes., i Mallrd. 

 N.B. — 35 Snipes killed this month. 

 1766, Jan. 2nd. 5 Fid. Fares. 

 3rd. I Fid. Fare. 

 4th. I Wat. Rail, i Water Hen, I Snpe., i Par. on 



ground, 4 Redwg. Thrs., 17 Fid. Fares, 3 of em 



flying. 

 6th. 2 Redwg. Thr., 8 Fid. Fares, 6 Lars. a. o. s. 

 9th. I Bald Coot, I Par., i Fid. Fre., 4 Snpes., 



2 W. C. 



loth. I Fid. Fre., 3 Redwg. Thrs., 2 of em a. o. s. 



I4tli. I Snpe. 



iSth. I Snpe., 6 Field Fres. 



i6ih. I Snpe. on ground. 



iStli. 1 Wat. Hen, 2 Lars., i Fid. Fare. 



20th. I Grn, Woodpecker.'"*' N.B.— On the 13th 



shot I Crow, 2 Lars., 7 Fid. Fres. 



22nd. 2 Snpes., 2 Par., I Wat. Hen, I Fid. Fre. 



23rd. I Snpe., 2 Par. a. o. s., 7 Lars., do. 



24th. I Cock Pheasant, I H. Pheast. 



27th. I Wild Duck, I Crow. 



29th. I Mallrd. 



31st. I Wld. D., I Par., I J. Snpe., i Wat. Hen. 



Feb. 3. I Wld. Duck, 3 Pars. 



5th. 2 Snpe., I Crow, 2 Stares a. o. s. 



7th. I W. Duck, I Par., 2 Crows a. o. s. 



March. 3 Snpes., 2 Larks a. o. s. 



(^5) 10 Laris a; o. s. — In the severe winters of the last century immense 

 flocks of larks were a noticeable feature. 



(=*' TAe Green Woodpecker (pictis viridis), quite tropical in its plumage, is still 

 to be found in the neighbourhood. One was seen (and heard !) in the rectory 

 garden in the autumn of 1889. The laugh of this bird is almost human, and 

 it also bears affinity to human kind in another particular, in that its object is 

 to get to the top of the tree. 



