CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEE, I. 



OxroKD: AnTOMN and Wimeb. 



PAGB 



How I came to notice birds. — Oxford favourable to bird- life. — Late 

 lingerers in October. — Migration and pugnacity of Robins. — The Bull- 

 finch and the buds. — Parsons' Pleasure and the Cherwell. — King- 

 fishers rare in the summer Term. — Colouring of the Kingfisher. — The 

 Grey Wagtail at the weir; its beauty. — The Lesser Redpoll. — An 

 eccentric Jack-snipe. — Birds of the Park and Magdalen walk. — Lesser 

 Spotted Woodpecker. — Christchurch meadow and the Botanic Garden ; 

 Titmice, Blackbirds, Redwings. — Sea-birds in Port Meadow . . i 



CHAPTER II. 



OXTOED : Speiitg and Summer. 



Departure of winter birds. — Warblers ; explanation of the term. — 

 Different kinds of warblers. — ^Tree-warblers. — Chiffchaff's arrival. — 

 Willow-warbler's song and nest. — Blackcap and Garden- warbler ; 

 their songs compared. — The two Whitethroats at Parsons' Pleasure ; 

 how to distinguish them. — River-warblers ; comparative rarity of 

 Reed-warbler; his song compared with Sedge-warbler's. — l4e Red- 

 start and pollard willows. — Summer habits of Oxford Sparrows. — 

 Flycatcher and other birds in the Parks 19 



