338 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



26th. — Deep snow. 



27th.— Severe frost, 19° ; 22° at 3.30 p.m. Only a few Field- 

 fares remain. Larks on the move. 



28th. — The few Fieldfares very tame. There is only a small 

 crop of haws this year. Mistle-Thrushes and Blackbirds began 

 the holly-berries (of which there is a very fine show) in Novem- 

 ber. All birds silent. 



31st. — Thaw set in. A Bittern shot in an osier-bed between 

 Somerton and Heyford. It was a female. Another was shot 

 near Faringdon (Berks) the day before. 



Mr. Darbey informed me that he received a Great Northern 

 Diver about the 13th inst., which still retained its summer 

 plumage. It was shot at Kempsford, near Fairford, not very far 

 over our borders. 



A cold snap about the middle of the month, and severe weather 

 at the close. 



