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12th. — The fine and very dry weather continued up till to-day. 

 A good Partridge year. Forty birds killed at Milcomb to-day 

 were made up of twelve old and twenty-eight young ones. Some 

 very small squeakers are still hardly able to fly. Still flocks of 

 Mistle-Thrushes. 



15th. — A great congregation of Martins on the roof. 



18th. — Young Swallows still in nest in stable. 



19th. — Small flock of Meadow-Pipits in roots for first time. 

 Goldfinches quite numerous about the thistles, now ripe. Some 

 young Eed-legged Partridges cannot fly yet, or do not. 



20th. — Ptooks noisy and about and in their nests. 



23rd. — Another great gathering of Martins on the roof; no 

 gathering since the 15th. 



24th. — Grey Wagtail arrived in stony shallow in the village 

 brook. 



28th. — Another Grey Wagtail at pond. Lark sang. The bulk 

 of the Swallows and Martins left either yesterday or to-day. 



Early part of the month very hot ; a fine warm month. 



October 5th. — Saw a Kedwing, and heard the call of a 

 Brambling — both very early. A flock of Martins apparently on 

 the move. Some still in the nest. A few Swallows about. 



6th.— Several Eedwings. Lots of Meadow-Pipits in the roots. 



10th. — Many Song-Thrushes. 



13th. — Corn-Buntings about their usual haunts ; three or 

 four together with their winter-flying note, "tick" or "jik." 

 Crows very noisy now. No Swallows since 10th. 



17th. — Hedges full of Blackbirds and Song-Thrushes ; a 

 lot of Eedwings. A Peregrine Falcon rose from a high-lying 

 stubble. 



24th. — Fieldfares. Yesterday a young and an old (probably 

 1905) Partridge shot with white horseshoe mark. 



Some Quail this year. One put up out of swedes on Potter's 

 Hill Farm about the middle of September, and three or four shot 

 at Asthal-leigh., about a mile off, in the same week. Two shot at 

 Enstone on the 12th inst. October a mild month. Eainfall 

 about 4J in. 



November 2nd. — Some Thrushes have been singing the last 

 few days. 



15th. — But little song in comparison with the number of 



