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THE ZOOLOGIST. 



November 2nd. — Corn-Bunting singing. Very warm. 



3rd. — One Fieldfare. Bramblings heard. Hedges blind 

 and trees hardly changed at all yet. 



5th. —Flock of about one hundred Fieldfares, and others 

 about. The notes of the Brambling to be heard all round. 



6th. — In an osier-bed at South Newington we got a Jack- 

 Snipe, while a wasp's nest was in full blast in the hedge-bank. 

 A curious mixture of seasons. In the high thorn-hedge four 

 Moorhens were perching quite twelve feet up. There were no 

 haws for them to be feeding on. 



8th. — First white frost ; weather summer-like up to now. 



10th. — Severe white frost ; down to 17°. 



11th. — Mild again. 



16th. — Song-Thrush singing. 



17th. — Lots of buttercups flowering in grass-fields. 



18th. — A Grey Wagtail on my lawn ; a most unusual visitor 

 to a walled-in garden, though often seen in the village brook not 

 far away. I saw it frequently afterwards down to the 26th 

 feeding about on the lawn and borders ; a delightful visitor, but 

 not welcomed by one of the garden Bobins, which attacked it 

 once. Wren sings well this month. 



26th. — Pied Wagtail singing. 



27th. — A few Bedwings about, but no Fieldfares. 



28th. — Corn-Bunting singing. Lots of daisies in flower. 



29th. — Song-Thrushes are now in full voice, and sing well 

 most of the day, but chiefly in morning. Little song until after 

 the middle of the month. 



A fine, warm, but damp month. Bain on more than half 

 the days, but only a little over an inch altogether. Wind south- 

 west. 



December 2nd. — A few Fieldfares about again, single birds. 

 12th. — Nuthatch at Wroxton. One here this autumn. 

 14th. — Hedge- Sparrow sings now. 



18th. — Mistle-Thrush singing. Fairly mild weather so far, 

 but morning frosts. 



21st. — Winter aconite blooming. Climonanthes next day. 



26th. — Colder weather. Big flocks of packed Larks. Many 

 Bramblings among the mixed flocks of Finches, and a flock of 

 about one hundred by themselves, chiefly, if not all, old males. 



