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15th. — Swifts numerous and noisy. 



17th.— Some Swifts. 



18th. — None seen. 



31st.— Flock of fourteen Mistle-Thrushes. 



September 1st. — Many old Partridges without any young 

 brood. Three Landrails killed. Saw a Wheatear (migrant). 



4th. — Red-legged Partridges are more numerous than ever 

 this year. I have seen two and a half and three brace killed in 

 a day, a thing unheard of about here ten years ago. 



5th. — A big flock of Peewits about the arable land. There 

 are a few Clouded Yellow Butterflies about this year, and I have 

 taken one Pale Clouded Yellow, the only one I ever saw in this 

 district. 



7th. — Five brace of young and one old Red-legged Partridge 

 formed part of our bag at Milcomb to-day. Heard of four Land- 

 rails bagged near Rollwright a few days ago. 



10th. — A young Cuckoo shot to-day in my presence at Mil- 

 comb was changing its plumage. 



12th. — Many Mistle-Thrushes in straggling flocks. 



21st. — A few Meadow-Pipits, the first noticed. 



24th. — Many in the swedes. • 



27th. — Chiffchaff in song. 



October 3rd. — Flock of about a score of Pied Wagtails ; 

 many Meadow-Pipits. 



8th. — Hedge- Sparrow singing for some days lately. 



9tb. — Very warm ; 70° in the shade. 



11th. — News from Mr. Bartlett that he had stuffed for a lady's 

 hat an adult Lesser Tern picked up at Croperdy a month ago. 



19th. — Humming-bird Hawk Moth hovering over a bed of 

 Michaelmas daisies about 10 a.m. Temperature up to 50° in 

 the day. 



24th. — Song-Thrushes singing fairly well. 



26th. — News from Mr. Darbey of a Buzzard (of the dark type) 

 trapped at Wytham on the 24th, and of a Death's-head Moth 

 caught close to Carfax Church, Oxford, on the 16th. This is a 

 very fine specimen, and is now in my possession. 



28th. — Some Redwings and Fieldfares. 



November 1st. — Examined a Partridge which was seen on 

 October 25th, at breakfast-time, to drop down into a narrow 



