152 NATURAL HISTORY 
De yp Oeil ieee a weadauda. 8,28 . . Hirundo. 
2, SE ae Ltirdus. 13, 16, 19, Fringilla. 
3; Betsey oy 2 26, } Motacilla 22,24. . Parus. 
630%. -'. . « « Emberiza. 14,29. . Lowia. 
Birds that sing as they fly are but few: 
Raii Nomina. 
Skylark . . . Alauda vulgaris 4 ete suspended, and 
In its iacbabt ; also sit- 
Titlark . . . Alauda pratorum . ting on trees and walk- 
ing on the ground, 
a ; In hot sum- 
Woodlark . . Alauda arborea mer nights all night 
Blackbird . . Merula. . Sometimes ont, bith 30 
Uses, ‘ili singing on the 
wing, odd jerks and ges- 
ticulations. 
Swallow . . . Hirundo domestica In soft sunny weather. 
serene from bush to 
ush. 
Whitethroat. . Ficedule affinis . 
Wrens. 00...) Paeeer troglodytes } 
Birds that build most early in these parts: 
Raven oe ee Corvus ° ee e .4 Hatches in February and 
Song-thrush. . Turdus. . . . In March. 
‘Blackbird . . Merula. . . . -In March. 
Rook . . . . Cornia frugilega 4 bg le 2 beginning of 
Woodlark . . Alauda arborea . Hatches in April. 
4 Palumbus torqua- cy Lays the beginning of 
2 ag aig April. 
All birds that continue in full song till after Mid- 
summer appear to me to have more than one brood. 
Most kind of birds seem to me to be wild and 
shy somewhat in proportion to their bulk; I mean 
in this island, where they are much pursued and 
annoyed; but in Ascension Island, and many oth. 
er desolate places, mariners have found fowls so 
unacquainted with a human figure that they would 
Ring-dove 
