150 NATURAL HISTORY 
Raii Nomina. In Feb 4 i 
ebruary and on 
2. Songthrush . ; ft ih ascith Aug.; reassume their 
yius + + + €- song in autumn. 
3. Wren. . . Passer troglodytes All the yi i hard frost 
4. Redbreast . Rebecula .. Pa ie 1 
5. Hedge- ret Ear y in ebruary to July 
: 4 Gurnirs \ i the 10th. 
row 
Early in February, and on 
6. Yellow- ham- a Emberiza flava through July to August 
es pede the 2kst. 
7. Skylark . . Alauda vulgaris : Phish ae and on to 
8. Swallow . MHirundo domestica From April to September. 
9 i ak of Apnil to July 
ges middle of April to 
July 16. 
Sometimes in February 
and March, and so on 
to July the 23d: reas- 
sumes in autumn. 
12. Whitethroat Ficedule affinis . In Apriland on to July 23. 
Pa Goldfinch’. + Cavdedilis | April and through to Sep- 
tember 16. 
14. Greenfinch. Chloris. . . . Onto July and August 2. 
15. Less reed- { Passer arundina- 2h oer iy to beginning of 
10. Titlark . . Alauda pratorum . 
jl. Blackbird . Merula vulgaris . 
ws 
4 
rH 
Blackcap . Atricapilla . is the 13th. 
Va 
( 
\ 
sparrow . ceus minor . 
Whistles on till Aug.: re- 
assumes its note when 
they begin to congre- 
gate in October, and 
[ again early before the 
flocks separate. 
16. Common lin- 
cake hz it Linaria vulgaris . 
Birds that cease to be in full song, and are usu- 
ally silent at or before Midsummer : 
17. Middle wil- Sy ei non cris- “aba Middle of June ; bogie 
low-wren .2 tatus. .. . April. 
18. Redstart. . Ruticilla . . . Do.: beginning in May. 
19. Chaffinch . Fringilla . . .§ cere wage 
Middle of June; sings 
20. Nightingale Luscinia . . 4 first in April. _ 
