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the spaces between the corbels, which project at the four angles 
of the capital, the remains of escutcheons _.. — 
may be seen, but no trace is left of the $e 
emblazonments with which they were \ 
doubtless originally enriched. Judging 
from analogy, and after comparing the 
Cirencester High Cross with similar struc- 
tures, I have come to the conclusion that 
the corbels once supported slender buttresses, which, being arched 
at the top, formed light canopied niches, in which figures were 
placed. The ponderous stone in the shape of a cross, now sur- 
mounting the capital, is no part of the original design, having 
been put up some few years ago. 
We may infer that in its integrity this cross could not have 
stood much less than twenty feet in elevation, from the ground to 
the summit; and some idea may be formed of its handsome cha- 
racter, from the general effect of the chaste proportions of its 
remains, which are beautiful even in their decay. I have been 
unable to discover any record from which to determine that this 
cross was set up to commemorate a particular event. 
There is a deed extant, dated a.p. 1413, in which it is called 
Nova Crux, which would approximately fix the date of its erec- 
tion at a period corresponding with its architectural character, 
which, as before stated, is that of the fourteenth century. Pre- 
suming it to have been built just prior to the introduction of the 
perpendicular style in architecture, or towards the end of the 
reign of Richard II., we are carried back to the period of the abbacy 
of Nicholas d’Ameney, or about twenty-six years before Abbot 
Best procured the mitre for the Abbey of Cirencester, and a seat 
among the barons for himself and his successors. 
List of Birds seen in Siddington, Gloucestershire, with Remarks. 
By Epwarp Bow ty. 
This List is strictly confined to the Birds seen in the Parish of 
Siddington ; many other varieties have been observed in the imme- 
diate neighbourhood. Nearly the whole of the common Birds of 
prey have been shot in Lorp Baruurst’s Woods, where also the 
Crossbeak and the Greater Red Pole have frequently been seen. 
A Hoopoe was shot this summer in the adjoining Parish of South 
Cerney. Phalarope has been shot at Bibury, and the Bittern at 
Latton within a few years. Some years since the Royston Crow 
was always to be seen at Aldsworth, as you travelled from Ciren- 
cester to Burford; they are now extinct in that neighbourhood. 
I have shot the Short-eared Owl when Partridge shooting. 
Rine Dove.—Common. Always build in the avenue of lime trees close to the 
house. Often very numerous in wmter. 
Srock Dove. ) 
Rock Days: J Often seen. 
