﻿ORNITHOLOGY 
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  OXFORDSHIRE. 
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  11th. 
  — 
  Mr. 
  Bartlett 
  showed 
  me 
  an 
  immature 
  Golden-eye 
  and 
  

   a 
  Green 
  Sandpiper 
  in 
  the 
  flesh, 
  shot 
  in 
  the 
  Cherwell 
  valley 
  near 
  

   King's 
  Sutton. 
  The 
  Tree-Creeper, 
  flying 
  down 
  from 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  

   one 
  tree 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  another 
  near 
  at 
  hand, 
  has 
  quite 
  a 
  spiral 
  

   flight. 
  

  

  13th. 
  — 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  Horwood, 
  of 
  Caversfield, 
  reports 
  that 
  great 
  

   numbers 
  of 
  Jays 
  have 
  visited 
  the 
  " 
  Spanish 
  " 
  oaks 
  in 
  Middleton 
  

   Stoney 
  Park, 
  and 
  over 
  a 
  hundred 
  have 
  been 
  shot. 
  Also 
  that 
  

   Larks 
  are 
  now 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  large 
  flocks. 
  On 
  the 
  5th 
  inst., 
  

   between 
  Stratton 
  Audley 
  and 
  Caversfield, 
  he 
  saw 
  a 
  large 
  flock 
  fly 
  

   across 
  the 
  road, 
  and 
  no 
  fewer 
  than 
  six 
  of 
  them 
  struck 
  the 
  single 
  

   telegraph-wire, 
  and 
  were 
  picked 
  up. 
  The 
  sun 
  was 
  bright 
  at 
  the 
  

   time. 
  Mr. 
  Horwood 
  thinks 
  they 
  were 
  migrants, 
  and 
  that 
  resi- 
  

   dents 
  would 
  not 
  have 
  struck 
  in 
  this 
  way. 
  He 
  also 
  reports 
  that 
  

   he 
  saw 
  a 
  beautifully 
  pied 
  Blackbird 
  in 
  Caversfield 
  parish 
  on 
  the 
  

   same 
  day. 
  "Weather 
  turned 
  mild 
  again. 
  

  

  21st. 
  — 
  W 
  7 
  hite 
  aconite 
  flowering. 
  

  

  22nd. 
  — 
  Song-Thrushes 
  singing 
  grandly 
  after 
  a 
  short 
  interval, 
  

   especially 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  dark 
  mornings. 
  Starlings 
  chatter 
  and 
  

   whistle 
  almost 
  like 
  spring. 
  

  

  25th. 
  — 
  A 
  beautiful 
  sunny 
  spring-like 
  day 
  ; 
  I 
  never 
  before 
  knew 
  

   so 
  beautiful 
  a 
  Christmas 
  Day. 
  The 
  weather 
  for 
  some 
  days 
  about 
  

   this 
  time 
  was 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  nice 
  March. 
  

  

  29th. 
  — 
  Saw 
  r 
  a 
  male 
  Sparrow-Hawk; 
  and, 
  of 
  bright-coloured 
  

   birds, 
  Goldfinch, 
  Bullfinch, 
  Green 
  "Woodpecker, 
  and 
  Kingfisher. 
  

  

  31st.— 
  Attracted 
  by 
  the 
  outcries 
  of 
  Books 
  in 
  the 
  paddock- 
  

   walk, 
  I 
  saw 
  a 
  Peregrine 
  Falcon 
  (a 
  female 
  from 
  the 
  size) 
  flying 
  

   away. 
  In 
  some 
  alders 
  over 
  a 
  score 
  of 
  Goldfinches 
  were 
  feeding 
  

   like 
  Redpolls 
  ; 
  also 
  three 
  of 
  the 
  latter. 
  Primroses 
  and 
  violets 
  

   flowering 
  in 
  the 
  garden. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  received 
  new 
  r 
  s 
  from 
  Mr. 
  W 
  T 
  . 
  W. 
  Fowler 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  

   had 
  reported 
  to 
  him 
  two 
  Swallows 
  seen 
  in 
  Port 
  Meadow 
  on 
  the 
  

   21st, 
  a 
  wonderfully 
  warm 
  day 
  (in 
  lit.). 
  

  

  The 
  Rev. 
  F. 
  C. 
  R. 
  Jourdain 
  writes 
  me 
  word 
  that 
  on 
  a 
  cold 
  

   day 
  (some 
  snow 
  on 
  the 
  ground) 
  about 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  November, 
  1884, 
  

   he 
  saw, 
  on 
  a 
  scrubby 
  bit 
  of 
  hedge 
  bordering 
  the 
  Holywell 
  foot- 
  

   ball-field, 
  Oxford, 
  two 
  little 
  birds 
  dodging 
  about. 
  He 
  watched 
  

   them 
  for 
  some 
  time 
  at 
  close 
  quarters, 
  and 
  was 
  particularly 
  struck 
  

  

  