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Birds that sing for a short time, and very early 
in the spring: 
Raii Nomina, 
Jan. 2d, 1770; in Feb. 
Is called in Hampshire 
and Sussex the storm- 
cock, because its song 
is supposed to forebode 
windy, wet weather; is 
the largest singing-bird 
we have. 
22. Great tit- In Feb., March, April, re- 
mouse or ox-} Fringilag. “ ; assumes for a short time 
we .. in September. 
21. Missel-bird . Turdus viscivorus 
Birds that have scmewhat of a note or song, and 
yet are hardly to be called singing-birds : 
be note as minute as its 
23. Golden- person; frequents the 
crowned bet cristatus . 1 ras of high oaks and 
RUNGE os ich, ; the smallest Brit- 
ish bird. 
24. Marsh tit- Haunts great woods; two 
mouse . 3 res pene harsh, sharp notes. 
25. Small wil- § Regulus non cris- § Sings in March and on to 
low-wren . tatus . . September. 
te; from the end of 
April to August. 
Chirps all night, from the 
rt stort ane fie tcale middle of April to the 
pean cee) end of July. 
28. Martin . .° Hirundo agrestis . From May to September. 
29. Bullfinch . Pyrrhula. 
30. Bunting . . Emberiza alba . ; goa! Ey end of January 
Cantat voce stridula locus- 
26. Largest do. Ditto. . 
All singing-birds, and those that have any pre- 
tensions to song, not only in Britain, but perhaps 
the world through, come under the Linnzan ordo 
of passeres. 
The above-mentioned birds, as they stand numer. 
ically, belong to the following Linnean genera: 
