SITMiMEE BlllDS OF PASSAGE. 



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more ready to fulfil my promise, because I see you are a 

 gentleman of great candour, and one that will make allow- 

 ances, especially where the writer professes to be an out- 

 door naturalist, one that takes his observations from the 

 subject itself, and not from the writings of others. 



The following is a List of the Summer Birds of Passage which I have dt** 

 covered in this neighbourhood, ranged somewhat in the order in which 

 they appear.* 



RAII NOMINA. 



1. Wryneck, 



2. Smallest willow- 



wren, 



3. Swallow, 



4. Martin, 



5. Sand-martin, 



6. Blackcap. 



7. Nightingale, 



8. Cuckoo, 



9. Middle willow- 



wren, 



10. "White-throat, 



11. Redstart, 



12. Stone curlew, 



13. Turtle-dove, 



14. Grasshopper-lark, 



15. Smft. 



16. Less reed-sparrow, 



Jynx, sire torquilla. 



{Regulus non cris- 

 l tatus. 



Hirundo domestica. 



Hirundo rustica. 



Hirundo ripatia. 



Atricapilla. 



Luscinia. 



Cuculus. 

 J Regulus non crista- 

 \ tm. 



FicedulcB affinis. 



Ruticilla. 



(Edicnemus. 



Turtur. 



J A lauda minima 

 \ locustcB voce. 



Hirundo apus. 



r Passer artmdina- 

 \ ceus minor. 



USUALLY APPEARS ABOUT 



J The middle of March : harsh 

 \ note. 



r March 23 : ch'uys till Sep- 

 \ tember. 



April 13. 



Ditto. 



Ditto. 



Ditto : a sweet wild note. 



Beginning of April. 



Middle of April. 

 r Ditto : a sweet plaintive 

 \ note. 



f Do. : mean note ; sings on 

 \ till September. 



Ditto : more agreeable song. 



End of March : loud noc- 

 turnal whistle. 



{ 



[Mid 



[ 01 



{ 



iddle of April : a small 

 bilous note, till the end 

 of July. 



About April 27. 



A sweet polyglot, but hur- 

 rying : it has the note* 

 of many birds. 



* It is very pleasing to see the accuracy of Mr. White's list of summer 

 and winter birds of passage as he discovered them in his own neighbourhood. 

 The following may comprehend all those which have hitherto been discovered 

 in hii county, and iu the list are included the permanent residents and 

 occasioaal visitors : — 



Summer visitors ..... 33 



Winter do .30 



Permanent residents . . . .63 

 Occasional do. . . , , , 82 



Total 



208 —I 



