THE ZOOLOGIST 



No. 867.— September 15th, 1913. 



NOTES ON THE ORNITHOLOGY OF OXFORDSHIRE, 



1910-1912. 



By 0. V. Aplin, F.L.S. 



1910. 



January 3rd. — Mild weather ; Mistle-Thrush, Song-Thrushes, 

 Hedge- Sparrow, Wren, and Starling sing, and Wood-Pigeons 

 " coo." A Jay seen in my shrubbery. 



6th. — A great many Bullfinches about hedges this winter, 

 and they are now continually about my garden. 



7th. — I; counted to-day fifteen Pied Wagtails close together 

 following the plough just outside the village ; there were a few 

 more not far off, perhaps twenty altogether, in the field, and 

 one Meadow-Pipit. A single Wagtail, or at most a pair, is all 

 we expect to see in winter. These birds must have wintered 

 not far away, contrary to their usual custom, for it is too early 

 for an oversea migration, or even for one from the South of 

 England. News from Mr. Fowler of a Crossbill shot from a 

 small flock on the 1st inst. 



10th. — Bullfinches reported from Kingham in great numbers, 

 and at the beginning of the month Wood-Pigeons were reported 

 to have been seen in great numbers in the district round Shipton- 

 under-Wychwood for some weeks. Blackbird singing. 



12th. — Heavy fall of snow. A "wisp" of half a dozen Snipe 

 in flooded meadow at Barford. 



14th. — Mild. Two Larks singing, the first this year. There 

 have been fair numbers of Fieldfares all the winter, and many 

 early in the season. 

 Zool. 4th ser. vol. XVII., September, 1913. 2 c 



