C.C NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



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ORNITHOLOGICAL SECTION. 



President: M. Tanner, Esq. 

 Secretary: A. D. S. Arbuthnot. 



A. D.S Arbuthnot,^. 



L. G. COLLETT, Ct. 



G. L. HoDSON, H. 



WORKING MEMBERS. 



SENIOR. 

 L. Fort, Ft. 

 C. S. Cresswell, C. 



JUNIOR. 



J.C. D. BiRTWHISTLE, B. 



G. F. G. Fraser, F. 

 D. A. Sore, S. 



In this Section, Arbuthnot and Birtwhistle appear to have 

 been the keenest competitors, both have made some 

 very interesting notes on birds nests and eggs from 

 their own observations. 



Birtwhistle has notes on thirty-four species and 



Arbuthnot twenty. Their collection of eggs was nearly 



equal. The prize was awarded to Birtwhistle. 



Nuthatches and Hawfinches have been unusually plentiful this 



year, and Grasshopper Warblers have been seen and heard in several 



places near Cheltenham. 



It is to be hoped that more notes on the habits of birds will be 

 sent in next year. It is not necessary to wait until Spring to 

 commence, notes may be made all the year round. Birds are 

 interesting at other times than the breeding season. Notes should 

 be taken on the ones that remain all the Winter with us. What do 

 they feed on ? Where do they roost ? Is their plumage the same in 

 Winter as in Summer? Which go in flocks and which not ?, etc. 



Careful notes should be taken in early Spring on the arrivals of 

 migratory species and of the nesting places, nests, eggs, and localities, 

 with dates of all birds, and then the dates of departure as nearly as 



