4818 Tue ZooLtocist—Marcu, 1876. 
Goldcrest.—On the 18th I saw a flock of goldcrests flitting about 
a hedgerow near the sea. 
Kestrel.—I examined the stomach of a male kestrel taken in a 
pole trap. I found it contained five large caterpillars and a small 
beetle. 
Fieldfare.— On the 21st I saw a single bird, the first this season ; 
no more until the 28th, when I saw seven. 
Woodcock.—1 hear of a good many having arrived in the neigh- 
bourhood. 
NOVEMBER. 
Royston Crow.—A great many have now arrived. I do not 
remember ever finding so few birds on the sea-shore as at present: 
there is seldom anything to be seen but a few kittiwake gulls and 
a few great blackbacks, mostly young birds, one or two whimbrels, 
and a pair of carrion crows. 
Jack Snipe.—On the 5th, oue killed by flying against the tele- 
graph wires. A day or two since a goldcrest was picked up on the 
railway, probably killed in the same manner. 
Sparrowhawk and Woodcock.—The gamekeeper here and two 
others were wailing by appointment to meet some shooting gen- 
tlemen in the Dene. The keeper, having just given his gun to one 
of the men to try his hand at a rabbit or two, sat down: the next 
instant he observed a woodcock on the open ground about fifteen 
yards in front of him, and a sparrowhawk sitting on a tree watching 
it; a second or so brought another sparrowhawk, and then came 
a third to the same spot. The keeper broke silence by calling out 
to the man to bring his gun, when off went the woodcock, followed 
by two of the hawks, the other few away in an opposite direction. 
One of the hawks was seen to strike at and miss the woodcock; 
they then got out of sight. I have not before heard of the 
sparrowhawk hunting in company. 
Fieldfare.—25th. Large flocks of fieldfares have appeared in the 
Dene. On the 26th many more were moving southward. 
Golden Plover.—80th. Immense flocks are at present on the 
coast. 
DECEMBER. 
Fieldfare and Redwing.—4th. I do not remember ever seeing 
so many as are now about the Dene, and fortunately for them there 
are extraordinarily large quantities of haws for them to eat; but the 
