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NOTES ON THE ORNITHOLOGY OF OXFORDSHIRE. 



1899-1901. 



By O. V. Aplin, F.L.S. 



(Concluded from p. 22.) 



190J. 



January 3rd. — Ring-Dove cooing, as if it were spring. 



7th. — About an inch of snow on the ground ; birds are already 

 tame. 



8th. — More snow. 



9th. — About four inches on the ground. Over a hundred 

 Starlings at the birds' feeding-place. 



10th. — Mild again. Mr. Warriner told me that on the 5th 

 he saw a large flock of Wild Geese in wedge-shaped formation, 

 flying S. W., high up, over Bloxham Grove. 



14th. — A few Bramblings at Tew. Wood-Pigeons cooing 

 frequently during the day, and the keeper there said they had 

 cooed regularly for the last three weeks. A dozen Goldfinches 

 feeding in bunches of ash "keys," bits of which were falling 

 down. 



23rd.-— A charm of Goldfinches on the glebe farm. 



27th. — Hard gale all day from W.N.W. ; torrents of rain and 

 hail at intervals. 



30th. — News from Mr. W. H. Warner of a Bittern shot at 

 Ridge's Weir on the Isis (Oxon) on the 26th ; also of one shot at 

 Duxford in January, 1895. 



31st. — Saw two Curlews on the wing here. 



February 2nd. — The largest flock of Fieldfares I have seen 

 this season ; they have not been numerous. 



5th. — Seven inches of snow on the ground. 



7th. — Ten degrees of frost. Two Snipe in a ditch running 

 through uplands at Milcomb. 



8th. — Little flock of Linnets. 



10th. — Slow thaw. Song-Thrush singing ; they have been 



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