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31st.—News of thirty Wild Duck seen on the floods 
below Broughton. 
February 1st.—Flock of Fieldfares and some Redwings in 
meadows at Broughton. These have returned since the 
frost. Some Larks on the fallows. Several Robins, and one 
Song Thursh (the first since the frost) singing. 
2nd.—News of three Gulls seen flying over Bodicote on 81st. 
6th.—Mr. Darbey, of Oxford, told me that Bramblings 
had been common, and he had had a good many. 
7tli.—Examined a specimen of the Fork-tailed Petrel 
found dead at Chadlington early in December. 
8tli.—Missel Thrush and Linnet singing. Good flock of 
Fieldfare. 
10th.—Hardly any Chaffinches to be seen. Report in 
local paper of a Kittiwake Gull shot in Swalcliffe Park on the 
3rd. Ring Dove cooing. 
14tli.—Party of six Pied Wagtails on the mud at 
Clattercote. Yellow - hammer singing. In a long walk 
noticed the remarkable scarcity of Chaffinches. 
15th.—Walked to Somerton to examine a curious bird 
which came down the river, dead, to North Aston Mill earlier 
in the month. It had been thrown away, but from a sight of 
some feathers, and a sketch, made out that it was an adult 
Red-throated Diver. Saw a Grey Wagtail in pool in front of 
Mill. Hardly any Thrushes about. Saw a pair of Kestrels 
at Clifton, and (in the evening) a Short-eared Owl in the 
meadows near there. Also a large Hawk sitting on one of the 
long lines of post and rail fence crossing “ Best-moor.” The 
air was clear, but we had no glasses, and the bird was a long 
way off. It looked grey, and was probably a male Hen 
Harrier. Two Chaffinches in song. With this spring-like 
observation I will close these notes, merely remarking that 
several Chaffinches were to be heard next day, and that 
it appeared that a few had returned to us. 
THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT 
OF THE 
BIRMINGHAM NATURAL HISTORY AND MICROSCOPICAL 
SOCIETY, 
Presented by the Council to the Annual Meeting, 
February 2nd, 1892. 
The Council have the pleasure of reporting that the 
Society continues in a prosperous condition; the number of 
members has been almost fully maintained by the addition of 
