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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  5th. 
  — 
  Nuthatch 
  with 
  succession 
  of 
  long 
  whistles. 
  Snow 
  on 
  

   the 
  ground. 
  

  

  8th. 
  — 
  Some 
  more 
  snow. 
  In 
  my 
  orchard 
  a 
  male 
  Stonechat 
  

   (still 
  in 
  dull 
  winter 
  dress, 
  but 
  showing 
  the 
  collar 
  and 
  dark 
  head) 
  

   was 
  haunting 
  some 
  holes 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  dug 
  for 
  planting 
  apple- 
  

   trees. 
  Close 
  to 
  it 
  a 
  Lark 
  was 
  running 
  about. 
  It 
  is 
  most 
  unusual 
  

   to 
  see 
  either 
  of 
  these 
  birds 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  situation, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  quite 
  in 
  

   the 
  village, 
  and 
  surrounded 
  by 
  houses. 
  

  

  10th. 
  — 
  Mistle-Thrushes 
  feeding 
  on 
  holly-berries 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  

   the 
  house. 
  A 
  few 
  days 
  ago 
  they 
  were 
  noisy 
  when 
  they 
  came 
  to 
  

   feed, 
  chasing 
  one 
  another, 
  either 
  in 
  anger 
  or 
  love, 
  so 
  that 
  

   they 
  could 
  hardly 
  get 
  anything 
  to 
  eat 
  ; 
  now 
  they 
  are 
  tame 
  

   with 
  hunger, 
  and 
  only 
  think 
  of 
  swallowing 
  as 
  many 
  berries 
  as 
  

   possible. 
  

  

  15th. 
  — 
  Hard 
  frost 
  continues. 
  On 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  hilly 
  fields 
  at 
  

   Milcomb 
  I 
  saw 
  a 
  party 
  of 
  half 
  a 
  dozen 
  Meadow-Pipits 
  ; 
  this 
  is 
  

   unusually 
  early 
  for 
  them 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  a 
  flock, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  up- 
  

   lands. 
  The 
  few 
  that 
  stay 
  the 
  winter 
  with 
  us 
  are 
  usually 
  seen 
  

   singly, 
  in 
  ^Yet 
  meadows 
  or 
  about 
  sheep-pens 
  on 
  turnips. 
  Several 
  

   Fieldfares 
  in 
  the 
  garden. 
  

  

  16th. 
  — 
  Very 
  severe 
  frost. 
  Eedwings 
  in 
  a 
  bird-cherry 
  within 
  

   a 
  few 
  feet 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  windows. 
  

  

  21st. 
  — 
  Milder. 
  Song-Thrush 
  sang 
  again. 
  

  

  24th. 
  — 
  Chaffinch 
  sang. 
  

  

  March. 
  

  

  1st. 
  — 
  The 
  first 
  genial 
  day 
  this 
  season. 
  

  

  2nd. 
  — 
  Snowdrops 
  only 
  now 
  making 
  a 
  good 
  show. 
  Crocus 
  

   coming 
  out. 
  

  

  3rd. 
  — 
  A 
  Blackbird's 
  nest 
  appeared 
  to 
  be 
  finished 
  to-day 
  ; 
  in 
  

   ivy 
  on 
  oak-tree. 
  

  

  6th. 
  — 
  News 
  of 
  some 
  Wild 
  Geese, 
  which 
  flew 
  over 
  a 
  farm- 
  

   man's 
  head 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  yards 
  from 
  the 
  ground, 
  at 
  Windmill 
  Hill, 
  

   early 
  on 
  Sunday 
  morning 
  (2nd). 
  

  

  10th. 
  — 
  Some 
  apricot-blossoms 
  expanded. 
  

  

  16th. 
  — 
  Hot 
  spring 
  day. 
  Two 
  pairs 
  of 
  Peewits 
  on 
  a 
  plough- 
  

   ing. 
  Several 
  Sulphur 
  Butterflies, 
  both 
  male 
  and 
  female. 
  

  

  18th. 
  — 
  Several 
  Yellow 
  Buntings 
  singing. 
  

  

  22nd. 
  — 
  Mr. 
  Fowler 
  observed 
  the 
  Chiffchaff 
  at 
  Kingham. 
  

  

  