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1780- In Jan. Shot 4 Jack Daws upon Mr. Flint's stack. 

 Beginning of April. Shot a Wryneck at Derby. 

 Latter end of April. Shot I Rook, I Car. Crow. 

 Aug. 1 2 th. I Moor Game. 



Sept.'"^' 3 Pars., 2 of 'em a. o. s. , 3 Dace, 11 Spans., i 

 Wheatear, 6 Pars., 2 Pars. 



Day before also. 2 Lapwings, I Mid Spotted Wood- 

 pecker, ''s' 4 Pars., 3 Pars., 15 Sparrows, i Par., 3 

 Snpes., I Lapwing, 9 Pars., i Par., i Par., i Snpe. 

 Oct.''-"' 3 Pars., I Par. at Derby, I Misseltoe Thrush, 13 Lapwings, 

 H Sparrows, I Snpe., 3 Lapwings, 2 of 'em a. o. ?;. , 

 with Mr. Gisborne, i Sn|3e., 3 Lapwings before a. o. s. 

 with Mr. Gisborne, 2 Jays. 

 Nov. 3. I W. Cock. 



4. I Par., I Snpe., l W. C. in company with Mr. 



Gisborne. 

 28th. 2 Snpes. 

 1781. Jan. 5. I Wat. Hen, 3 Pars. 



Mar. Caught 6 Trout, I Chub, some small Perch at Cresswell. ''''' 



24th. Caught 8 Pike at Pebbly Dam from 3 to i past 5 



in the afternoon, which weighed about 13 lbs. 



Friday ( "^ ^''^^ ^^ P^^^^'y Dam, near 2 lbs. each on an average. 



April 27. '1 ^-Ti- — Caught 16 or 17 of the last above with one and 



' the same dead Bullhead'''') in the afternoon. 



May 18. 5 Trout at Cresswell. 



Sept. 1st. Shot 3 Pars., I Sparrow Hawk flying over our 

 garden, having shot I do. do. sometime since. 

 Shot also in Sept. 4 Hawk from our garden 

 resembling a Merlin, but in some respects 



''I*' Sept., Oct. — Here we have a more general statement of the month's 

 shooting. 



'73I Mid Spotted Woodpecker. — A long discussion has taken place as to the 

 existence of this third variety of Woodpecker, in addition to the " Greater " 

 and the " Lesser " Spotted bird of this genus. The conclusion arrived at is 

 that it is merely the young of the former of these two birds, and has no inde- 

 pendent existence. 



(7^) Cresswell. — A small hamlet in the parish of Elmton, famous for its 

 picturesque surroundings, and also noted for its recent interesting geological 

 discoveries. 



(77) The same dead Bullhead {Cottus Go/no). — This reads like fishing in a private 

 stew, and is certainly a very interesting and uncommon experience. The Rector 

 seems to iiave been as successful with the rod as with the gun. April is now a 

 close month for this voracious fish. The largest I ever saw taken weighed 

 28 lbs., and was a short, deep-girthed fish. 

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