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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  21st. 
  — 
  Examined, 
  at 
  Mr. 
  Bartlett's, 
  a 
  white 
  Starling, 
  shot 
  at 
  

   Harford 
  on 
  Nov. 
  8th 
  ; 
  a 
  Black-headed 
  Gull 
  in 
  full 
  dress, 
  shot 
  at 
  

   Hook 
  Norton 
  on 
  March 
  2nd 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  Wryneck 
  (a 
  scarce 
  bird 
  

   here), 
  shot 
  at 
  Banbury 
  on 
  March 
  26th 
  ; 
  also 
  a 
  curious 
  small 
  

   Brown 
  Owl, 
  shot 
  near 
  Shotteswell 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  January. 
  

  

  23rd. 
  — 
  A 
  Long-eared 
  and 
  a 
  Natterer's 
  Bat, 
  found 
  by 
  men 
  

   mending 
  a 
  roof, 
  sent 
  to 
  me. 
  

  

  24th. 
  — 
  Mr. 
  Whitaker 
  and 
  I 
  noticed 
  several 
  Nightingales, 
  

   Whinchats, 
  and 
  Whitethroats. 
  Also 
  the 
  Wood-Wren 
  near 
  Ep- 
  

   well, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  Sand-Martins 
  had 
  arrived 
  at 
  their 
  breeding 
  

   quarters 
  in 
  Tadmarton 
  sand-pit. 
  

  

  25th. 
  — 
  Nightingales 
  last 
  year 
  and 
  this 
  were 
  and 
  are 
  more 
  

   common 
  about 
  here 
  than 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  for 
  a 
  long 
  time 
  ; 
  several 
  

   near 
  the 
  village. 
  Bay's 
  Wagtail, 
  Sedge-Warbler. 
  Magpie's 
  nest 
  

   with 
  six 
  eggs. 
  

  

  27th.— 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  H. 
  Macpherson 
  and 
  I 
  saw 
  a 
  fine 
  Wheatear 
  of 
  

   the 
  large 
  race 
  on 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  hilly 
  fields 
  covered 
  with 
  old 
  ant- 
  

   hills 
  at 
  Milcomb 
  ; 
  the 
  salmon-buff 
  of 
  the 
  neck 
  and 
  breast 
  was 
  

   very 
  rich. 
  Flushed 
  a 
  Snipe 
  near 
  Broughton. 
  

  

  28th. 
  — 
  Noticed 
  half 
  a 
  dozen 
  pairs 
  of 
  Peewits 
  about 
  these 
  

   hills. 
  

  

  May. 
  

  

  3rd. 
  — 
  A 
  nice 
  lot 
  of 
  Goldfinches 
  singing 
  about 
  the 
  village 
  this 
  

   spring. 
  Cuckoos 
  are 
  scarce. 
  

  

  4th. 
  — 
  The 
  Hedge-Sparrow 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  of 
  year 
  warbles 
  in 
  an 
  

   undertone 
  — 
  a 
  much 
  richer 
  song 
  than 
  his 
  usual 
  one. 
  

  

  5th. 
  — 
  Marsh-Tit's 
  nest, 
  with 
  eight 
  eggs, 
  in 
  a 
  hole 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  

   large 
  old 
  apple-tree 
  ; 
  nest 
  of 
  moss, 
  wool, 
  cat's 
  fur, 
  and 
  thistle- 
  

   down. 
  Barred 
  Woodpecker's 
  nesting-hole, 
  found 
  on 
  April 
  26th, 
  

   opened 
  to-day. 
  The 
  male 
  was 
  inside, 
  but 
  nothing 
  else. 
  It 
  was 
  

   in 
  the 
  rotten 
  wood 
  of 
  an 
  old 
  pollard-willow, 
  about 
  1£ 
  in. 
  in 
  

   diameter, 
  went 
  in 
  about 
  7 
  in. 
  and 
  down 
  about 
  9 
  in., 
  and 
  was 
  a 
  

   good 
  3 
  in. 
  across 
  at 
  the 
  bottom. 
  

  

  6th. 
  — 
  Left 
  home 
  for 
  a 
  month. 
  

  

  Junk. 
  

  

  9th. 
  — 
  Left 
  home 
  until 
  13th. 
  

  

  18th. 
  — 
  Bed-backed 
  Shrike 
  in 
  the 
  old 
  haunt 
  in 
  the 
  Milton 
  lane. 
  

  

  