204 TEE ZOOLOGIST. 



A Swallow at Kingbam (Mr. W. W. Fowler). 



A wet month. Eain on twenty-three days ; 3'50 inches. 



April 3rd.— Chiffchaff. 



8th. — A clutch of four Crow's eggs, incubation just begun, 

 brought in. Nest only slightly hidden in the upper fork of an 

 elm. A second nest held one fresh egg. This is an early date 

 for a full clutch. Pear blossom on wall. 



10th. — A number of young Song-Thrushes and Blackbirds on 

 the wing. Two Willow- Wrens (sang). Crown Imperial in 

 bloom. 



11th. — Two Swallows here, late in the afternoon. Young 

 Mistle-Thrushes on wing. 



12th. — For the second (mild) winter running the outdoor 

 fuchsias have not been cut down to the ground, as they generally 

 are here. A Small Garden White butterfly. House-Martin at 

 Kingham (Mr. Fowler), early. 



13th. — Eedstart here. Tree-Pipit at Kingham (W. W. Fowler) . 



14th. — A good many Swallows about. 



15th. — Small Tortoiseshell and Sulphur butterflies. Tree- 

 Pipit (3) here. Eedstart and Sandpiper at Kingham (W. W. 

 Fowler). 



16th. — During six or seven hours' Otter-hunting in the 

 Evenlode Valley, above and below Charlbury, I only noticed, 

 of migrants, many Tree-Pipits and Willow- Wrens, and one 

 Chiffchaff. Cloudless sky. 



18th. — Lesser Whitethroat at Kingham (W. W. Fowler), who 

 writes to-day : " I have seen several cock Eedstarts, and hope 

 we are going to have them again at last." (But later they 

 seem to have moved on.) "I have seen no Blackcap." He 

 reports a Peregrine Falcon seen about there a few. days before ; 

 also a Kittiwake picked up dead at Sarsden the day before. 



19th. — My children saw a Squirrel in a fir belt near the 

 village. I have not seen one in the parish for a very long time. 

 A good many " Sulphurs " lately. 



20th. — Cuckoo and Lesser Whitethroat. 



21st.— Whitethroat. Orange Tip. A Nuthatch "twitting" 

 on the Grove lawn. 



22nd. — Green Woodpecker cutting out a hole in a poplar. 



23rd. — Swallows, which have been away from the village, 



