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Fuligida. Fuligo, soot ; so called from its dark-coloured breast. Pochard. 



nyroca. Nyroca Pochard. 



marila. Scaup Pochard. 



ferina. Adjective derived from ferus wild. Red-headed Pochard. 



cristata. Crested. Tufted Pochard. 



Oidemia. Oiltu, tumesco, so called from the protuberance at the base of the 

 bill in this genus. Scoter. 



perspicillata. Surf Scoter. 



fusca. Dark, brown, dingy. Velvet Scoter. 



nigra. Black. Black Scoter. 



Mareca. Wigeon. 



fistularis. Fistula, a pipe. This name is derived from the note of the 



bird resembling that instrument. Common Widgeon. 

 Querquedula. A bird supposed to be the Teal. Teal. 

 glocitans. Glocio, to cluck or quack. Bimaculated Teal. 



circia. Gargany Teal. 



crecca. Common TeaL 



Dafila. Hareld. 



1 caudata. Tailed, having a long tail. Long-tailed Herald. 

 Clangula. Clango, to clang or cry, like a Goose or Crane. " Like a Crane or 

 Swallow, so did I chatter." Garrot. 



histrionica. Harlequin Garrot. 



vulgaris. Common. Golden-eyed Garrot. 



Lendal, York, Jan. 10, 1836. 



A Supplement and additional remarks will be added in the next number. 



THE CHARMS OF A NATURAL AVIARY. 



By Edward Blyth. 



I have lately been revelling in the delights of a place consisting of that pleas- 

 ing admixture of trees and bushes, of furze-brakes and forest, which of all others 

 is perhaps most interesting to the naturalist. It is a truly charming spot, and 

 close to my residence. With the exception of the Reedlings and the Pied Fly- 

 catcher, every migratory songster we possess was within hearing. A Nightingale 

 was warbling exquisitely over my head, and was so familiar as to surprise me ; 

 a Garden Fauvet was straining to out-sing him on the next tree. The Blackcapt 

 Fauvet and Willow Warbler chirped and twittered perpetually in an almost con- 

 tiguous clump of trees, where also was heard the Cuckoo cry, and the peep, peep, 



