2o6 BIRDS SHOT BY THE REV. FRANCIS GISBORNE. 



6th. 2 Snpes., I Bittern, wd. 2 lbs. f, I Kingfisher.'**' 



7. I Par. 



8th. 4 Snpes., 2 J. Snpes., I Wat. Rail. 



9th. I Fid. Fare. 



nth. 6 Snpes., i Wat. Rail, I Wat. Hen, I Par. 



1 2th. 4 Snpes., I Par. 



2ist. I Mallrd., i Wat. Hen (left). 



22nd. 5 Larks. 



28th. 2 Fid. Fares a. o. s., i Wat. Hen. 



29th. I Snpe., I Fid. Fare, 3 Larks. 



1776. Jan. 9th. I Weasel, wd. 40Z. 4. 



nth. I Snpe. on ground, i Jack-Daw supposed to have 



been taken away by the Crows. 

 1 2th. I Magpye. 

 15th. I Goosander, wd. 4 lbs. J. 



17th. I Goosander, wd. 3 lbs. 11 oz. Shot at a large 

 Otter at 11 yds. distant (with No. i) upon the 

 water. 

 22nd. 2 Wat. Hens. 

 27th. I Wat. Hen., wd. 7 oz., I Par. wd. 11^ oz. 



N.B.— The Weather'*'' for 20 days past was 

 severely frosty and the ground covered with 

 snow. 

 29th. Catchd a Partridge supposed to have been hit on 

 the 27th, which wd. only 9 oz. J. Two Crows. 

 Feb. 1st. 2 Crows. 

 12. I Lapwg. 



15th. I Mallrd. 



i6th. Mr. Rodes gave me a long-eared Bat, which wd. 

 3I drachms. 

 Aug. 12. I Old Cock Grouse, I Young Cock do. 



23rd. I Old Cock Grse., I Poot, I do. 



1777. Aug. 12. 5 Grouse Foots. 



(^) I Kingfisher (Alcedo Ispida). — These delightful, briglit-plumaged birds 

 still haunt the streams around. I can usually get a glimpse in my walks 

 abroad of this the most beautiful and quaint of British birds. Last year one 

 of my curates met some lads with a nest of nearly full-fledged young ones. 

 He took compassion on them and endeavoured to rear them, but with no 

 success. 



(s?) The Weather, dj^c. — In a little chronology compiled by Belsham, I find the 

 following entry : — " 1 776, Jan. 7. A fall of snow. The greatest ever remem- 

 bered in this country." This would account for the natural advent of the rarer 

 water birds, as the Goosander, etc. 



