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12th — 19th. I was informed of three or four nests of Little 

 Owl, with eggs and young, in our immediate neighbourhood. 



21st. Mr. H. Wickham told me that a Red-legged Partridge 

 was sitting upon her eggs in a nest in the ivy upon the wall of 

 Barnwell Castle. 



24th. The falconer told me of a pure white Chaffinch, con- 

 stantly seen about our pleasure-grounds by himself and others ; I 

 had a glimpse of this bird to-day, and have frequently heard of it 

 since, till within about a fortnight ago, — December 26th. 



July. 



4th. I was assured that several pairs of Hawfinches were breed- 

 ing in the tall lime trees near Drayton House. This species has 

 been remarkably scarce about Lilford this year. Two pairs of 

 Bank Martins have nests in the old stone facing of a bank on the 

 side of a sunken road between the house and farm-buildings at 

 Lilford. This is the first time that I have heard of a nest of this 

 species nearer to us than the colony in the gravel-pits at Ald- 

 wincle, about three miles off. 



8th. I received alive from Mr. W. Allen, of Raunds, a small 

 foreign Finch, that I cannot identify. The donor informed me 

 that it was taken in a garden at Raunds, in August, 1893, by means 

 of a trap-cage. 



11th — 12th. I noticed a very unusual congregation, some 

 nineteen or twenty Common Sandpipers haunting the river's sides 

 close to Lilford. 



14th. I was informed of the shooting of a White Swallow at 

 Maidwell on 1st inst. 



15th. Two Hobbies were reported by the decoy-man as 

 hawking over the meadows near our decoy. This is the only 

 record of this species that has as yet reached me this summer. 



22nd. Three Common Sandpipers were taken at the decoy, 

 and placed in our aviary. 



26th. A Green Sandpiper was seen at the Park ponds. 



August. 



5th. A very unusual number of Swifts hawking over the river 

 near Lilford. 



14th. Young Pied Woodpeckers are very noisy in the high 

 trees near the boat-house, and on the bridge-island. Two broods 



