BIRDS SHOT BY THE REV. FRANCIS GISBORNE. 



'5°)'.^^ Mr. Gisborne's, Derby. — Mr. John Gisborne, afterwards of Yoxall, 

 Co. Stafiford, the uncle of the diarist. 



(41) 7 White Sparrow. — A propos of white plumage, the Rookery at Staveley 

 Rectory has long possessed a white Rook, or very nearly so. The bird is wll- 

 known to many of the inhabitants. A pied Blackbird is also a denizen of '.he 

 Rectory Garden. 



