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practically silent for some weeks, although there have been a few 

 about all the winter. 



12th. — Severe frost again. 



16th. — Severe weather continues. A Robin's nest with six 

 eggs found in an outhouse one day before the 14th. 



21st. — Weather persistently cold, with wind in the N. ; slight 

 falls of snow and frost. 



23rd.— Much milder. 



25th. — Chaffinch singing for the first time. 



26th. — Blackbird and Pied Wagtail singing. 



March 1st. — Yellow Bunting singing. Mistle-Thrush pairing. 



16th. — Song-Thrush's nest nearly finished. A cold stormy 

 month so far. 



17th. — Nice morning. Many Redwings; counted forty 

 together, which flew away in company. One or two others sing- 

 ing the " trui trui trui." 



20th. — Cold ; N.E. wind and snowy the last two days. Saw 

 a Chiffchaff for a moment as I was getting up. 



23rd. — Still very cold. Some Bramblings ; one fine old cock 

 repeated the wheezy " weeech," so much drawn out as to approach 

 the long note or song of the breeding season. 



24th. — Some Meadow-Pipits. 



25th. — Ground white with snow, and more fell during the day. 



26th. — Nine degrees of frost ; 27th and 28th, ten degrees, 

 and froze all day. 



29th. — Eleven degrees. 



30th. — Mild and stormy. A very cold March. 



April 1st. — Two Chiffchaffs in the warm spot by the brook, 

 which I always search for early ones. 



2nd. — Mr. Warriner sent over an adult Kittiwake, which he 

 had found in an exhausted condition near his house ; weighed 

 8£ oz. 



4th. — Two Wheatears. 



5th. — Blackcap in garden. 



8th. — Chiffchaff in song. 



9th.— Tree-Pipit. 



10th. — Very wet lately ; ground soaked and meadows flooded. 



13th. — A Swallow reported in the ' Oxford Times ' as seen by 

 Mr. H. Webb at Oxford on the 8th. 



