﻿ORNITHOLOGY 
  OF 
  OXFORDSHIRE. 
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  20th. 
  —Examined 
  a 
  Cormorant 
  (a 
  bird 
  of 
  last 
  year, 
  I 
  think), 
  

   which, 
  on 
  the 
  15th, 
  startled 
  some 
  passing 
  gentlemen 
  near 
  Ban- 
  

   bury 
  by 
  falling 
  out 
  of 
  a 
  tall 
  elm-tree 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  ground 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  

   them. 
  It 
  was 
  probably 
  exhausted 
  after 
  a 
  long 
  flight. 
  About 
  

   the 
  same 
  time 
  I 
  saw 
  a 
  report 
  of 
  another 
  Cormorant 
  seen 
  on 
  

   the 
  Thames 
  at 
  Henley. 
  

  

  25th. 
  — 
  Mistle-Thrushes 
  in 
  flocks. 
  One 
  Swift 
  at 
  Milcomb. 
  

  

  September. 
  

  

  1st. 
  — 
  Very 
  little 
  corn 
  cut 
  — 
  too 
  little 
  to 
  permit 
  of 
  much 
  

   shooting. 
  

  

  2nd. 
  — 
  Flock 
  of 
  Peewits 
  in 
  turnip-field. 
  

  

  3rd. 
  — 
  Some 
  Meadow-Pipits 
  in 
  swede-turnips. 
  

  

  10th. 
  — 
  Very 
  wet 
  harvest 
  weather. 
  

  

  13th. 
  — 
  Shot 
  over 
  part 
  of 
  our 
  beat 
  for 
  first 
  time 
  ; 
  several 
  fields 
  

   of 
  barley 
  uncut 
  ; 
  a 
  fair 
  lot 
  of 
  good 
  .young 
  birds. 
  We 
  saw 
  no 
  

   Land-Piails, 
  although 
  we 
  walked 
  through 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  standing 
  

   corn. 
  I 
  saw 
  one 
  come 
  out 
  of 
  a 
  field 
  of 
  oats 
  which 
  was 
  being 
  cut 
  

   on 
  the 
  6th. 
  

  

  15th. 
  — 
  Swallows 
  have 
  young 
  in 
  the 
  pigstye. 
  

  

  16th. 
  — 
  A 
  big 
  flock 
  of 
  Peewits 
  in 
  turnip-field 
  ; 
  one 
  old 
  bird 
  

   weighed 
  8 
  oz., 
  and 
  a 
  fat 
  young 
  one 
  8|- 
  oz. 
  

  

  19th. 
  — 
  Young 
  male 
  Sparrow-Hawk 
  shot 
  at 
  South 
  Newington. 
  

  

  20th. 
  — 
  For 
  several 
  days 
  (hazy 
  mornings) 
  a 
  great 
  congregation 
  

   of 
  Swallows 
  and 
  Martins 
  on 
  this 
  house-roof. 
  

  

  25th. 
  — 
  Beautiful 
  autumn 
  weather 
  ; 
  hazy 
  mornings 
  and 
  bright 
  

   still 
  days. 
  Fewer 
  Swallows 
  and 
  Martins. 
  

  

  October. 
  

  

  1st. 
  — 
  Meadow-Pipits 
  in 
  little 
  flocks. 
  

  

  6th.— 
  A 
  small 
  flock 
  of 
  Martins 
  about 
  the 
  village. 
  

  

  8th. 
  — 
  A 
  good 
  many 
  Jays 
  about. 
  News 
  of 
  a 
  Land-Ptail 
  flushed 
  

   from 
  standing 
  barley 
  on 
  the 
  2nd. 
  

  

  15th.— 
  Grey 
  Wagtail 
  at 
  a 
  farmyard 
  pond 
  at 
  Milcomb 
  ; 
  it 
  

   appeared 
  by 
  the 
  village 
  brook 
  the 
  last 
  week 
  in 
  September. 
  

  

  18th.— 
  Mr. 
  Calvert 
  told 
  me 
  he 
  saw 
  a 
  Golden 
  Plover 
  on 
  one 
  

   of 
  his 
  fields 
  at 
  Langley 
  a 
  day 
  or 
  two 
  ago. 
  He 
  often 
  sees 
  odd 
  

   ones, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  a 
  small 
  flock 
  visits 
  him. 
  

  

  