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some time over my head, and settled only a few yards off. I am inclined to think that it was in ill-health. On the 13th I saw about a dozen Peewits in water-meads; this is very early for these birds to be assembling, but no doubt it is not universal. On the 16th a large flock of Peewits, numbering sixty or seventy, were reported flying east across the valley, and there are several birds collected in water-meads. In the middle of the month a Common Buzzard was shot near here. This is the only bird of interest Mr. Chalkley has received during close season.
