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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  23rd. 
  — 
  Saw 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  Bramblings 
  about 
  the 
  beech-trees 
  near 
  

   Great 
  Tew. 
  Examined, 
  at 
  Mr. 
  Coombes's, 
  a 
  young 
  female 
  Pere- 
  

   grine 
  Falcon, 
  killed 
  in 
  August 
  at 
  Kodford, 
  near 
  Enstone. 
  

  

  25th. 
  — 
  Song-Thrush 
  singing 
  well, 
  and 
  again 
  next 
  da} 
  7 
  . 
  

  

  27th. 
  — 
  Fieldfares 
  in 
  some 
  numbers. 
  

  

  28th. 
  — 
  Redwings. 
  

  

  29th. 
  — 
  Many 
  of 
  both 
  species. 
  Jays 
  seen 
  all 
  about 
  ; 
  there 
  

   has 
  clearly 
  been 
  an 
  immigration. 
  Larks 
  in 
  good 
  flocks. 
  

  

  November. 
  

  

  4th. 
  — 
  Jays 
  very 
  much 
  in 
  evidence 
  about 
  the 
  Grove. 
  

  

  11th. 
  — 
  Song-Thrushes 
  continue 
  to 
  sing. 
  

  

  12th. 
  — 
  Very 
  warm 
  and 
  pleasant. 
  Linnets 
  and 
  Yellow 
  Bunting 
  

   singing 
  ! 
  

  

  14th. 
  — 
  Very 
  nice 
  weather. 
  Song-Thrushes 
  in 
  fine 
  song. 
  

  

  17th. 
  — 
  Gathered 
  a 
  bunch 
  of 
  roses 
  of 
  various 
  kinds 
  in 
  good 
  

   condition. 
  

  

  18th. 
  — 
  Hard 
  white 
  frost. 
  

  

  26th. 
  — 
  Received 
  a 
  partly 
  skinned 
  Peregrine 
  Falcon, 
  shot 
  

   about 
  three 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Oxford 
  on 
  the 
  21st. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  young 
  

   female. 
  Weight, 
  2 
  1b. 
  10 
  oz. 
  ; 
  total 
  length 
  of 
  skin, 
  20'2 
  in.; 
  

   wing, 
  from 
  carpal 
  joint, 
  147 
  in. 
  ; 
  cere 
  bluish 
  grey 
  ; 
  legs 
  pale 
  

   dull 
  yellow 
  ; 
  bill 
  blue-grey, 
  tip 
  dark 
  horn. 
  Vast 
  flocks 
  of 
  Wood- 
  

   Pigeons 
  have 
  arrived 
  here, 
  but 
  I 
  reserve 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  this 
  

   great 
  invasion 
  until 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  these 
  notes. 
  We 
  may 
  now, 
  

   however, 
  expect 
  to 
  hear 
  of 
  Peregrines, 
  which 
  live 
  chiefly 
  on 
  

   Wood-Pigeons 
  when 
  they 
  visit 
  us. 
  

  

  December. 
  

  

  2nd. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  Grove 
  estate 
  I 
  noticed 
  both 
  Barred 
  and 
  Green 
  

   Woodpeckers 
  ; 
  the 
  latter 
  makes 
  a 
  hollow 
  rattle 
  with 
  the 
  first 
  few 
  

   beats 
  of 
  its 
  wings 
  as 
  it 
  flies 
  from 
  one 
  tree 
  to 
  another. 
  

  

  4th. 
  — 
  Sharp 
  frost, 
  sunny; 
  snowed 
  a 
  little. 
  Mistle-Thrush 
  

   sang, 
  but 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  notes. 
  

  

  5th. 
  — 
  Half 
  a 
  dozen 
  Meadow-Pipits 
  about 
  a 
  sheep-pen. 
  Hard 
  

   frost. 
  

  

  9th. 
  — 
  Not 
  many 
  Fieldfares 
  now, 
  but 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  Bedwings, 
  

   and 
  a 
  fair 
  number 
  of 
  Song-Thrushes. 
  

  

  10th. 
  — 
  Corn-Bunting 
  strung 
  together 
  a 
  few 
  notes. 
  

  

  