﻿ORNITHOLOGY 
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  OXFORDSHIRE. 
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  23rd. 
  — 
  Long-tailed 
  Tits 
  building. 
  

  

  27th. 
  — 
  Wheatear 
  on 
  big 
  open 
  grass-field 
  near 
  Crouch 
  Hill 
  — 
  

   a 
  favourite 
  spot 
  for 
  them. 
  

  

  28th. 
  — 
  As 
  nice 
  a 
  Good 
  Friday 
  as 
  I 
  ever 
  remember 
  ; 
  a 
  most 
  

   lovely 
  warm 
  spring 
  day 
  ; 
  the 
  peach-blossom 
  on 
  the 
  wall 
  is 
  " 
  a 
  

   sight 
  to 
  behold." 
  

  

  30th. 
  — 
  The 
  Blackbird's 
  nest 
  which 
  looked 
  finished 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  3rd 
  stood 
  empty 
  for 
  some 
  days, 
  and 
  to-day 
  has 
  four 
  fresh 
  eggs. 
  

  

  A 
  Song-Thrush 
  has 
  built 
  a 
  nest 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  an 
  old 
  Flycatcher's 
  

  

  nest 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  a 
  wall 
  plum-tree. 
  The 
  nest 
  is 
  small, 
  

  

  but 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  is 
  a 
  mass 
  of 
  old 
  dry 
  midribs 
  of 
  horseradish 
  

  

  leaves, 
  which 
  hang 
  down 
  and 
  make 
  the 
  nest 
  very 
  conspicuous. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  a 
  horseradish-bed 
  near 
  the 
  tree. 
  The 
  nest 
  contains 
  

  

  four 
  eggs, 
  small 
  and 
  oddly 
  marked, 
  few 
  markings, 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  

  

  them 
  at 
  the 
  small 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  eggs. 
  

  

  31st. 
  — 
  Kestrels 
  pairing. 
  

  

  Apeil. 
  

  

  1st. 
  —When 
  Otter-hunting 
  on 
  the 
  Ouse, 
  near 
  Buckingham, 
  

   just 
  where 
  that 
  river 
  touches 
  Oxfordshire, 
  I 
  saw 
  a 
  last 
  year's 
  

   Reed-Warbler's 
  nest 
  in 
  the 
  reeds. 
  Heard 
  the 
  Chiffchaff, 
  and 
  

   put 
  up 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  and 
  two 
  single 
  Wild 
  Ducks. 
  

  

  5th. 
  — 
  Blackcap 
  in 
  garden. 
  

  

  11th. 
  — 
  Saw 
  a 
  Comma 
  Butterfly 
  in 
  the 
  garden, 
  which 
  eluded 
  

   me, 
  and 
  flew 
  over 
  the 
  wall 
  ; 
  but 
  by 
  great 
  good 
  luck 
  I 
  caught 
  it 
  

   up, 
  and 
  captured 
  it 
  in 
  my 
  neighbour's 
  stackyard. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  

   only 
  one 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  here. 
  

  

  12th. 
  — 
  Not 
  a 
  migrant 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  or 
  heard, 
  except 
  another 
  

   Blackcap 
  near 
  Banbury. 
  A 
  single 
  Swallow 
  reported 
  as 
  seen 
  on 
  

   the 
  8th. 
  Bitterly 
  cold 
  lately; 
  wind 
  N.E., 
  with 
  morning 
  frosts. 
  

  

  13th. 
  — 
  Sharp 
  white 
  frost, 
  and 
  ice 
  as 
  thick 
  as 
  a 
  penny 
  at 
  

   7.30 
  a.m., 
  but 
  nice 
  sunny 
  day. 
  A 
  rush 
  of 
  migrants 
  — 
  Willow- 
  

   Wrens, 
  Chiffchaffs 
  (the 
  first 
  observed 
  here), 
  and 
  Redstarts. 
  

   Barred 
  Woodpecker 
  jarring. 
  Put 
  a 
  Crow 
  off 
  its 
  nest. 
  

  

  14th.— 
  Swallow. 
  

  

  loth. 
  — 
  Many 
  Swallows 
  over 
  Evenlode 
  at 
  Charlbury, 
  and 
  two 
  

   House-Martins 
  higher 
  up 
  the 
  river. 
  

  

  18th. 
  — 
  Tree-Pipit, 
  Lesser 
  Whitethroat 
  (common), 
  Grass- 
  

   hopper-Warbler. 
  

  

  19th. 
  — 
  Cuckoo 
  heard 
  several 
  times. 
  

  

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