BIRDS SHOT BY THE REV. FRANCIS GISBORNE. 199 



l6th. 4 Pars., i Heron. 



17th. 8 Pars., i do. with Mr. Dixon. N.B. Killed 14 



Shots following. 's=" 



24th. I Par. 

 Oct. 1st. 3 Pars, flying a. o. s. 

 5th. 2 Pars. 

 6th. 4 Pars., i Rabbit, I Stoat. N.B. Killed ten Pars. 



in 8 Shots. 

 7- 2 Pars., I Car. Crow, 



ntk or 1 2th. 2 Pars. 

 13th. 4 Pars. 

 14th. 5 Pars. 

 iSth. I Par. 

 i6th. 3 Pars. 



4 Pars., 2 Snpes., 2 Sparrs. 



i8th. 



19- 5 Pars. 



20. 2 Pars. 



22. I Jack Snpe., 5 Sparrs., 8 Pars. 



Nov. I. At Need wood Forest 'sa) 2 vvd. Cks. 



5th. 4 Pars., I Snpe. 



8th. I Par. 



9th. 2 Pars. 



loth. I Magpye winged. Found a Hen Harrier dead 



which I had shot 20 days ago. 



iith. I Woodcock. 



13- I Field Fare, i J. Snpe. 



16. I Snpe., I Par., i do. with Mr. Adam Slater. 



17th. I Wood Owl. 



iSlh. 1 W. C, 2 Snipes a. o. s., there being but two. 



19- I Par. 



20. I Wat. Rail, I Nuthatch, i Par., i Car. Crow 



which weighed 22 oz. J. 



barreh'''^^'"'^"^^'"''"''^-"^"'"'^ ^ '"^^^ ^""'^ recording with the old single 

 mT flfr'^Z""^ ^"'u^' '" Staffordshire. Probably on a visit to his uncle 



Needwood rrh f ° fT "?'' ^''t' ^^^^^ ^'^°-"' -^ich adjots 

 iMeedwood. The hollies of this forest have long been famous and no one 



The^e'to^:^'''" ^]'^}^' Woodcock's haunt will be^urprised to find a brace of 

 these toothsome b.rds associated with the day^s sport. " On a brishtwlrm 

 fiZs tZ'l '" ''""'^^ f" Mfybuskes and LJs. Tkey Jll bottle UMy 

 nf7h7, /r""' f '"■''"" r'' if^ock are about. The thick varnished leaves 

 ifftt.Y^fr"f-'''' ''■'"^"''T "f'^'^if^o.n the soil, and in frost are Hte 

 affected by the refrtgeratmg influence of the clear sky, so that they offer eithe a 



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