THE ZOOLOGIST 



No. 819.— September, 1909. 



NOTES ON THE ORNITHOLOGY OF OXFORDSHIRE, 



1908. 



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



January 1st. — Weather severe. Large flocks of Wood- 

 Pigeons. 



3rd.— Bullfinch feeding on berries of privet. 

 6th. — Sudden change to mild weather. 

 8th. — Great Tit with spring note. 

 9th. — Big floods. 



10th. — Weather severe again. Good many Bramblings under 

 beech avenue, but not many adult males. 

 12th.— Down to 13°. 

 13th. — 14°. Hedge-Sparrow singing. 

 15th. — Mild and very damp. 



17th. — Galanthus elwesi, Cyclamen count, and Chimonanthes 

 in flower. 



18th. — Green Woodpecker's laugh now very full and ringing, 

 a leisurely " hark, hark, hark, hark " (or "yark "). In summer, 

 just after the breeding season, and late summer, its notes are 

 shorter "hik, hik, hik," more rapidly uttered, or sometimes a 

 short " hick-el" ; hence its local name. 



24th. — Thick and persistent fog the last three days. It pre- 

 vails over a great part of Europe. 



27th. — Song-Thrush singing, but not many birds here. 



About an inch and a half of rain this month. 

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