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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST 
  

  

  No. 
  760.— 
  October, 
  1904. 
  

  

  NOTES 
  ON 
  THE 
  ORNITHOLOGY 
  OF 
  OXFORDSHIRE, 
  

  

  1902. 
  

  

  By 
  0. 
  V. 
  Aplin, 
  F.L.S. 
  

  

  January, 
  1902. 
  

  

  3rd. 
  — 
  Song-Thrush 
  singing 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  I 
  have 
  heard 
  this 
  

   winter. 
  Some 
  very 
  fine 
  Bramblings, 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  flock 
  of 
  

   Sparrows, 
  and 
  some 
  Tree-Sparrows 
  and 
  Chaffinches 
  ; 
  also 
  a 
  big 
  

   flock 
  of 
  Larks, 
  which 
  looked 
  very 
  small, 
  all 
  feeding 
  in 
  a 
  stubble- 
  

   field 
  recently 
  spread 
  with 
  manure. 
  Winter 
  aconite 
  flowering. 
  

  

  5th. 
  — 
  Galantlius 
  Ehcesi 
  and 
  Cyclamen 
  Coum 
  in 
  flower. 
  

  

  6th. 
  — 
  Mistle-Thrush 
  singing. 
  Big 
  flock 
  of 
  Fieldfares. 
  Gold- 
  

   finches 
  are 
  tolerably 
  common 
  this 
  winter. 
  

  

  9th. 
  — 
  Examined, 
  at 
  Mr. 
  Bartlett's, 
  a 
  Corn-Crake, 
  shot 
  close 
  

   to 
  Banbury 
  about 
  Dec. 
  23rd 
  last. 
  Also 
  a 
  Grey 
  Crow, 
  the 
  sixth 
  

   local 
  example 
  he 
  has 
  had 
  to 
  stuff 
  this 
  winter. 
  

  

  loth.— 
  Sharp 
  frost, 
  19°. 
  

  

  22nd. 
  — 
  Mistle-Thrushes 
  noisy, 
  and 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  pairing. 
  

  

  25th. 
  — 
  Lesser 
  Redpolls 
  in 
  my 
  orchard, 
  feeding 
  on 
  seeding 
  

   plants 
  of 
  milfoil 
  ; 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  in 
  the 
  habit 
  of 
  coming 
  for 
  

   nearly 
  a 
  month. 
  

  

  February. 
  

  

  2nd. 
  — 
  Strong 
  wind 
  from 
  N.N.E. 
  the 
  last 
  four 
  days, 
  and 
  frost. 
  

   A 
  gale 
  to-day. 
  

  

  3rd. 
  — 
  Mistle-Thrushes 
  noisy 
  (fighting 
  or 
  pairing) 
  when 
  they 
  

   came 
  for 
  holly-berries. 
  

  

  Zool. 
  4th 
  ser. 
  vol. 
  VIII., 
  October, 
  2904. 
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