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Luscinia,* or Philomela, see Histoiia Natuialis of Jolin- 

 stonust where he states that ours sings less sweetly than 

 others. 



Passer Troglodytes of Aldrovandus, incorrectly Regulus, 

 the Wren. 

 Thin-beaked birds which have the tail of two colours : — 



Oenanthe Tcrtia. Muscicapa Tertia of Aldrovandus. The 

 Rubetra of Belon,:]: the Stonechatter [the Wheatear]. 



Motacilla Alba, the white Water Wagtail. 



:\Iotacilla flava [the Yellow Wagtail]. § 

 Small birds \\ith short, but larger beaks : — 



Parus major, the Oxeye [the Great Tit]. 



Parus Caeruleus [the Blue Tit]. 



Parus Sylvaticus of Gesner, very small but conspicuous 

 for having a red spot through the middle of the top of 

 the head each side being black [probably the Gold- 

 crest]. 

 Small birds with large, thick and strong beaks : — 



C'hloris, the Green-Finch. 



Rubicilla or Pyrrhula of Aldi'ovandus, a Bull-finch, Alp 

 or Nobe ; there are various species of this among us. 



Loxia or Curvirostra, its bill being curved back on either 

 side, the Cross-bill. 



Passer Domesticus [the House-Sparrow]. 



Passer Campestris [the Tree-Sj^arrow]. 



Fringilla, among us called Snowfleck and Shoulfall 

 [possibly the SnoA\ -Bunting ; Snowfleck being one of 

 its provincial names in Scotland]. 



Carduelis, the Gold -finch. 



Linaria vulgaris, the common Linnet. 



Serinus of Gesner. Is this the bird which is called the 

 Thrissel-cock by our people ? But our bird differs in 

 size from a common Linnet, and has pied and green 

 feathers [possibly the Siskin]. 



Embriza alba of Gesner, akin to the Lark, according to 

 Aldrovandus. The Bunting. 



Citrinella, the Yellow Youlring [the Yellow Bunting]. 



* Luscinia — The Nightingale ; this bird is not, however, known to 

 breed north of Yorkshire, and has only once occurred as a straggler in 

 Scotland. 



t John Johnston (1603-75) author of Historia Naturalis. Frankfurt- 

 on-Maine, 1650. 



X Peter Belon (1518-64) authoi of VHistorie dc la Nature des Oyseatix. 

 Paris, 1555. 



§ This is the literal translation : but the bird meant is probably the 

 Orey Wagtail, which is much commoner in Scotland than the Yellow. 



