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Oxford in 1395,* which seems to have been an ornithological 
occasion. f 
Attention has been drawn by Mr. Walter Rye to the 
“Deeds and Records of the Borough of King’s Lynn” 
(1874), by H. Harrod, wherein are quoted three entries from 
the Chamberlain’s Rolls, of Bustards and Herons provided 
for corporation dinners in 1338, 1370 and 1401.} 
But Mr. Rye has also pointed out that in the eleventh 
Report of the Historical Manuscripts Commission§ the 
second of these entries is rendered ‘‘ botores [bitterns], herouns 
et avenis [oats],”” which an examination of the original passage 
by Mr. E. M. Beloe confirms. There can, therefore, be little 
doubt that, in the other two entries also, the correct reading 
should be Bitterns, and not Bustards. 
Prices of Provisions. —The following prices of provisions 
are given by Joseph Strutt as current in this century.|| No 
poulterer to charge more than :— 
sh, d. 
Fora Swan ... eh ar aoe 40 
ss a5 Leal see ay, Ber : 2 
», 9», Qiver Mallard ... Pee dis 5 
» »,fen Mallard... ae ae 3 
» 9, Snipe... 1 
» 4 Larks ... mt on 1 
» & Woodcock are oh 3 
» 9, Partridge ae a 5 
* « Zoologist,’’ 1879, p. 337. Some doubt has arisen as to the meaning 
here of the word ‘‘ upupa,” which, translated literally, would be a Hoopoe, in 
the passage: ‘“ Et in vij upupis emptis pretium capitis ij d. xiiij d,” but 
probably, as suggested by my father (‘ Zool.,” 1879, p. 379), the birds really 
were Lapwings. On the spelling of Hoopoe, see Swann’s ‘“ English and 
Folk-names of British Birds,” p. 125. : ? 
The whole passage is printed under the heading of ‘‘ Empcio poltriz, 
et volatilium”’ in Professor Rogers’ most useful ‘ Agriculture and Prices 
in England ”’ (1866, ii., p. 644). 
}. There exists a Roll of Ancient Cookery, “ The Forme of Cury,” 
compiled in this century (hut not printed until 1780) which gives many curious 
recipes. os 
+ Pp. 74, 80, $4. 
§ 1887, part ii., p. 220. 
|| «‘ Manners, Customs, Arms, Habits, ete.” (1776), Vol. III., p. 113. 
Reign of Edward III., E. Libro MS. in Bib. R. B. Cotton. The difference 
in the value of the shilling between then and now has to be remembered. 
