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(W. Bazeley). The same informant tells me that he had also 

 received a young male Cormorant, killed at Naseby on 27th inst. 



September. 



10th. First appearance of Grey Wagtail reported. This is 

 an unusually late date for this bird here. 



18th. I observed two Common Terns about the river near 

 the house : one of these birds was vigorously chased and twice 

 turned down wind by a Rook, but shook off that pursuer, and 

 passed our boat for the third time, with only a few Swallows and 

 Martins in close attendance ; again it turned down wind, but 

 returned after a few minutes with three Wood Pigeons following, 

 and apparently much interested in its travels. 



21st. I did not hear till to-day of the passage southwards of 

 a flight of Wild Geese on 12th inst. 



25th. First Grey Crow and Whimbrels of season heard by 

 me. My son assured me of having seen a few Fieldfares and 

 some Golden Plovers on Tichmarsh. 



29th. I heard to-day from Mr. P. Mitchell, of Cranford, that 

 a Hoopoe was killed at Burton Latimer on 22nd inst. 



October. 



5th. I noticed a Reed Warbler by the riverside. This is, in 

 my experience, a very unusually late date for this species in this 

 neighbourhood. 



6th. I received, for identification, a young Nightjar, in the 

 flesh, shot near Stoke Albany. This also is an unusually tardy 

 lingerer in this county. 



7 th. I heard the first Redwing of the season, and the decoy - 

 man reported the first appearance of Wigeon on the decoy. 



15th. Mr, W. Bazeley came to Lilford, and was good enough 

 to present me with a Fork-tailed Petrel, in the flesh, with the 

 information that it was picked up alive yesterday near Pitsford. 



19th. The Rev. Horace Waller, under this date, wrote, " We 

 had a lovely white House Martin flying about the village of 

 Twywell last week. 



20th. The decoyman brought me a Long-eared Owl alive and 

 uninjured, and told me that he had found it hanging on one of 

 his pipe-nets. This species, though by no means uncommon in 

 certain parts of Northamptonshire, is a rare bird about Lilford. 





