SINGING BIEDS. 



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S. Song-thrush, 



3. Wren, 



4. Red-breast, 



5. Hedge-sparrow, 



RAII NOMINA. 



r Turdus simpliciter 

 \ dictus. 



Passer troglodytes. 



Ruhecula. 



Curruca. 



6. Yellow-hammer, Emheriza Jlava. 



7. Skylark, 



8. Swallow, 



9. Black-cap, 



10. Titlark, 



11. Blackbird, 



12. White-throat, 



13. Goldfinch, 



Alauda vulgaris. 

 Hirundo domestica. 

 Atricapilla. 



Alauda pratorum. 

 Merula 



Ficedulce affinis. 

 Carduelis. 



14. Greenfinch, Ckloris. 



Passer arundina- 

 ceus minor i 



15. Less reed-sparrow, < 



i 6. Common linnet, Linaria vulgaris. 



In February, ind on to 

 August; re-assume their 

 song in autumu. 

 r All the year, hard frost ex- 

 \ cepted. 

 ^ Ditto. 



J Early in February, to July 

 \ the 10th. 



{Early in February, and 

 on through July to 

 August the 21st, 

 J In February, and on to 

 1^ October. 



From April to September, 

 f Beginning of April to 

 \ July the 13th. 

 f From middle of April to 

 \ July the 1 6th. 

 rSometimes in February 

 J and March, and so on to 

 I July the 23d ; re-assumes 

 (^ in autumn. 



J In April, and on to July 

 t the 23rd. 



r April, and through to Sep- 

 \ tember the 16th. 



{On to July and August 

 the 2nd. 

 r May, on to beginning of 

 1 July. 



I' Breeds and whistles on till 

 I August ; re-assumes its 

 j note when they begin to 

 j congregate in October, 

 1 and again eaily before the 

 l^ flocks separate. 



Birds that cease to be in full song, and are usually silent 

 at or before midsummer : — 



17. Middle willow- jRegulusnon crista- /Middle of June; begins in 



wren, L tus. \ April. 



13. Redstart, Ruticilla. Ditto; begins in May. 



.9. Chaffinch, Fringilla. {^"rf'^%''{ "^""^ ' ''^°-' 



' ^ [ first m February. 



20. Nightingale, Lascmia. { ^^fa^ril.'^"''' ' "°^' ^"* 



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