14 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



A female Scaup was shot on the river at Hennerton on the 

 13th November, 1888. The Tufted Duck, Pochard, Wigeon, and 

 Golden-eye all occur on that part of the river in winter. 



Mr, J. A. Bucknill informs me that he saw about seven 

 Common Terns on Port Meadow, Oxford, as late as December 

 in 1891, and that one was shot on the 11th, and brought to him. 

 In February, 1893, he saw two on Otmoor, and another at Bab- 

 lock Hythe. A Green Sandpiper was shot (and brought to 

 him) on the river at Oxford on the 30th November, 1891, during 

 a heavy flood. 



Mr. Bucknill saw a drake Golden-eye in full plumage on 

 Clattercote Reservoir on the 14th December, 1893. It is un- 

 common in this dress in Oxon. He also saw a flock of about 

 twenty Grey Geese on Otmoor during a very deep and heavy 

 flood about December, 1893. He believes three were killed by 

 a local gunner, but they were not identified. 



1900. 



January 2nd. — Very heavy rain last night. Blue Tit sings. 



5th. — Corn-Bunting sings. Large flock of Bramblings near 

 Milcomb. This is not the same flock as that seen near Bloxham. 



Gth. — Coal Tit with spring note. A Bittern was flushed on 

 the 16tb December last from a ditch bordering an osier-bed 

 within a mile of Reading (but in Oxon) by Mr. W. T. Crawshay, 

 of Cavershaui Park, who recorded it in the ' Field ' of this date. 



15th. — A good deal of rain recently. 



19th — A male Bittern shot by a keeper at Shiplake. It had 

 been observed several times during the previous five weeks, and 

 " his boom could be heard occasionally in the nights." Recorded 

 by the Rev. J. Ciimenson, of Shiplake Vicarage, in a letter to the 

 ' Reading Mercury ' of the 20th. 



20th. — A second male Bittern (weighing 2 lb. 7 oz.)) shot in 

 the same place by the same man. It was seen in the flesh by 

 Mr. Bradshaw, who wrote me word of it. The ' Oxford Times ' 

 of this date reports a Bittern shot at Pinkie Lock, near Eynsham, 

 by Mr. G. Longford, and preserved by Mr. George Barson. 

 Many others occurred in different parts of the country about 

 this time. 



February 3rd. — Seven inches of snow on the ground ; no 



