l86 BIRDS SHOT BY THE REV. FRANCIS GISBORNE. 



May 1st. I Wheat Bar.'" 



22nd. 17 Rooks at Romely. 



28th. I Stare. 



27. 3 Rooks. 



In April. Shot 9 Stares a. o. s. 



Sept. 18. 6 Pars. 



23rd. At Brampton Moor 3 Pars. 



25. 5 Pars. 



29th. 4 Pars., I J. Snpe. 



30th. 9 Pars. 



Oct. 2nd. 7 Pars. N.B.— 2 double shots.' 



4th. 2 Pars. 



loth. 6 Pars. 



Nov. 5. 2 W. C.'s. 



Dec. 3. I Par. 



5th. 2 W. C's, I Hre. 



6th. I Hawk with Sparrow,'"' 2 Snpes. 

 20th. I w. c. 



24th. I Mallrd., I W. Duck, 4 Snpts., 2 Fid. Frcs., 



I Redwg. Thrush. 



27. 2 Mallrds., I Snpe. ■ 



1767. Jan. yd- 5 Lars. a. o. s. 



5th. 2 Pars. a. o. s. 



7th. 2 Mallrds., I Wld. Duck. 



9th. I Par. 



loth. I Wat. Hen, i Par. 



15th. I Crow. 



i6th. I Magpye, I Fid. Fre. a few days before. 



23rd. 2 Pars. 



Feby. 3rd. I Teal, I Snpe. About the middle of Feby. 

 I Mallard. 



(27) Wheat Ear. — An occasional specimen of this handsome bird is still to be 

 found in this neighbourhood. It is still to be found in large numbers on the 

 South Downs, although decreasingly so. A hundred years ago their capture 

 and sale in hundreds of dozens added considerably to the income of the South 

 Down shepherds. They prove, it is hardly necessary to say, like the "four and 

 twenty blackbirds, a dainty dish to set before a king." 



I'S) /^,B. Two double shots. — For the enlightenment of our non-sporting 



readers we have thought it well to interpret this phrase, as conveying the idea 

 of a bird falling at each discharge of the old single-barrelled gun. The 

 double-barrel was not in use till 1 798- 1 800. 



(=9) Hawk with Sparroiu. — Only last v inter I freed a thrush from the 

 clutches of this terrible enemy. 



Jan. A very intense frost during the whole of this month. — (Belsham's 



" Chronology.") 



