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c ays. ho wliolo of October was remarkably mild and fine with 
the exception of tlio few first days it was also dry, We did not 
commence fires m the parlour till the 21st of that month, and I 
sat in tlie study without a fire a few days in November 
[September, during the end of August and the beginning of 
baptembor tbo Yellow Wren and the Lesser I>ettjeha,« renewed 
tl,e.r notes occasionally, but continue singing but a short time at 
Oil CO* 
The probable reason of Swallows' necks being so short is, that 
stretching them out during their 
short 7 » 
slioit low inward note,] 
The winter of 1818-18i9 has been remarkably mild, the 
ground never covered with snow for a whole day. -iluriug the 
months of January, Februarj., and March, 1819, there has b^n a 
« eU at this time, April 4th, and the Grass has luado a considerablo 
ibiy. 
April 5th, heard a Wryneck; 9th, Yellow Wren and Field- 
lark appe,ar: 10th, Lesser Pettyehaps app., perhaps earlier- 
Util, Ledstart app.; I3th, Wheatear app.; Kightinoale (Mm 
0 nice) : 15th, Kighlingalo and Swallow (Mr. Kerrich) ; ICth, 
itc-throat app.: 19th, Oak-bark peels; 20th, Elackcan and 
Swallows ; 2Cth, Cuckoo (Mr. Leatlies) ’ 
th«'rr“'’’ “PP-* ^ 
[May Util, yonnd at Sconlton two eggs of the Black-headed 
Gull, very small, and without yolks. In the same year I had 
an egg o tlio Hedge Warbler, not more than half the usual sZ 
but in u hicli there w'as a yolk. ’ 
June, a Kestril's nest was taken at Gawdy Hall, in which 
tliere were six young ones. ^ 
July 15th, pmciired at Syleham a nest of the common M'atei-hen 
JlllT MarTr'' “r ‘ *“!>«-] 
0911 7” ’ . Alhuigh began to reap MTieat : July 
-9 til, I began to reap Wheat. ^ 
* See foot-note at page 21-1. 
