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4th. — Robin in box has one egg. 



10th. — Wood-Pigeons come here every evening to feed on 

 ivy-berries. A Chiffchaff was seen to-day by my brother in the 

 Cherwell valley ; it was silent. Hedges show no sign of green. 



12th. — Mr. Fowler saw one Chiffchaff at Kingham. 



16th. — At Kingham he showed me Peewits' nests with three 

 and four eggs, and he had seen two Swallows in the morning. 

 We could find no Chiffchaffs, but I saw a Wheatear from the 

 train on this side of Chipping Norton. 



17th. — A Cuckoo flew over the garden. 



18th. — The result of a long round in search of migrants was 

 one Swallow seen. 



19th. — Quite hot in the sun. Found one Chiffchaff. In 

 spite of constant searches in all the most likely spots, this is the 

 first I have seen. Tree-Pipit arrived. Hedges just showing 

 green in places. 



20th. — Redstart. Crow and two Magpies sitting. 



22nd. — Hot day. Many butterflies ; several Brimstones and 

 Small Tortoishells, one Peacock, and a Small Garden White. 



23rd. — Willow-Wren and Blackcap. Away from home until 

 the 26th. 



27th. — Cuckoo noisy. 



28th. — Mr. A. Holte Macpherson and I noticed Ray's Wag- 

 tail, Lesser Whitethroat, Whinchat, Sand-Martin, and White- 

 throat, but did not hear a Chiffchaff during a long walk in 

 beautiful sunny weather. Near the village we saw a very fine 

 example of the large race of the Wheatear. It was at one time 

 close to a cock Chaffinch, than which it was clearly a consider- 

 ably larger bird. 



29th. — We noticed a Nightingale in Milcomb gorse, and 

 another near Broughton Grange ; also the Grasshopper- Warbler, 

 House-Martin, and Sedge- Warbler. Also a Ring- Ouzel (quite a 

 rarity here) between here and Broughton. 



May 1st. — Mr. J. Whitaker was much interested in the great 

 number of Lesser Whitethroats we noticed when driving into 

 Warwickshire. We heard several Nightingales by the roadside, 

 Only saw one Crested Grebe on Clattercote Reservoir. Little 

 Grebe chattering. 



3rd. — Received news from Mr. Darbey of a Golden Oriole 

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