THE ZOOLOGIST 



No. 888.— June 15th, 1915. 



NOTES ON THE ORNITHOLOGY OF OXFORDSHIRE, 



1914. 



By 0. V. Aplin. 



January 1st. — Hard weather. A slow thaw set in. 



2nd. — Starlings began to chatter. Hedge- Sparrow continues 

 to sing. 



3rd. — A Kingfisher killed by flying against the bridge in the 

 middle of the village. 



8th. — A very fine adult female Peregrine Falcon at the 

 staffer's, shot near Shenington about the 2nd inst. ; of a very 

 rich yellowish salmon-colour on the under parts. I heard later 

 that a Peregrine was seen at Clattercote Reservoir a day or two 

 before — perhaps the same bird. 



9th. — Song-Thrush sang fairly well at 8 a.m. Mistle-Thrush 

 well all day. Blackbird in rather a low tone in the middle of 

 the day. 



13th. — Many small birds round the ricks. Greenfinches very 

 numerous now. Over thirty killed at one shot in a yard where 

 poultry are fed. 



15th. — News of a Hedge-Sparrow's nest with two eggs found 

 in a field-barn at Salford on the 2nd inst. The bird was seen 

 to visit the nest, but deserted it, owing probably to thrashing 

 corn being carried on there. 



19th. — Hedge-Sparrow sings occasionally (a Thrush on the 

 13th ; cold day). 



22nd. — Capt. J. V. Taylor, of North Aston (as he afterwards 

 informed me by letter), saw over the flooded Bestmoor a 



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