CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 

 OXFORD: AUTUMN AND WINTER. 



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How I came to notice birds Oxford favourable to bird-life 

 Late lingerers in October Migration and pugnacity of 

 Robins The Bullfinch and the buds Parsons' Pleasure 

 and the Cherwell Kingfishers rare in the summer term 

 Colouring of the Kingfisher The Gray Wagtail at the weir ; 

 its beauty The Lesser Redpoll An eccentric Jack-snipe 

 Birds of the Park and Magdalen Walk Lesser Spotted 

 Woodpecker Christchurch meadow and the Botanic Gar- 

 den ; Titmice, Blackbirds, Redwings Sea-birds in Port 

 Meadow . I 



CHAPTER II. 

 OXFORD: SPRING AND SUMMER. 



Departure of winter birds Warblers ; explanation of the term 

 Different kinds of warblers -Tree- warblers Chiff-chaff's 

 arrival Willow- warbler's song and nest Blackcap and 

 Garden-warbler ; their songs compared The two White- 

 throats at Parsons' Pleasure ; how to distinguish them 

 River- warblers ; comparative rarity of Reed- warbler ; his 

 song compared with Sedge-warbler's The Redstart and 

 pollard willows Summer habits of Oxford Sparrows Fly- 

 catcher and other birds in the Parks 35 



