(England) 



September 16th. Henley-on-Thames. 

 Robin. So small compared with ours, and 

 with such dainty, shy ways (but he isn't 

 shy, really), a pretty fellow. 



September 20th. Leamington. Abund- 

 ant wherever I've been, and singing con- 

 stantly even in dark damp weather. A 

 tinkling song, stuttering a little at the out- 

 set, very varied, sweet — resembles slightly 

 the shore lark's, but much more of a song. 

 Sings from bushes close to you, or a coping, 

 or from a housetop, as one did from a 

 house opposite Shakespere's in Stratford. 



September 16th. Henley-on-Thames. 

 Heron, Dabchick, Moor Hen, Starling (a 

 great flock), Rooks, Missal Thrush (a 

 pair), Kingfisher, Pied Wagtail (Mota- 

 cilla lugubris), several of these pointed out 

 to me by Mr. Crisp — and not very good 

 views of them. Starlings I saw well at 

 Magdalene College, Oxford, afterwards, 

 and rooks are everywhere, noticeable espe- 

 cially about the top of Guy's Tower, War- 

 wick Castle. 



September 21st. Lichfield. Jackdaws 

 in crowds about the spire of the cathedral. 



September 24-th. Rowsley. Robins 



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