NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE. 119 
A LIST OF THE WINTER BIRDS OF PASSAGE ROUND THIS 
NEIGHBOURHOOD RANGED SOMEWHAT IN THE ORDER IN 
WHICH THEY APPEAR. 
RAII NOMINA. 
This is a new migration, which 
. ; I have lately discovered about 
1. Ring-ousel, Merula torquata. Michaelmas week, and again 
about the r4th of March. 
2. Redwing, Turdus tliacus. About old Michaelmas. 
i hee Though a percher by day, roosts 
3. Fieldfare, Turdus Pilaris. GHine eon aL. yee 
4. Royston-crow, Cornix cinerea. Most frequent on downs. 
5. Woodcock, Scolopax. Appears about old Michaelmas. | 
eisaie Euiinaes mine ae snipes constantly breed with 
7. Jack-snipe, Gallinago minima 
ny {Seldom appears till late; not in 
8. Wood-pigecn, nas. \ such plenty as formerly. 
g. Wild-swan, Cygnus ferus. On some large waters. 
to. Wild-goose, Anser ferus, 
1x. Wild-duck, Anas torquata minor. 
12. Pochard, Anas fera fusca. \ 
13. Wigeon, ‘ Penelope. On our lakes and streams. 
. Teal, breeds with us 
a Fai Eee ea \ Querquedula. j 
These are only wanderers that 
ae ao Cae | appear occasionally and are not 
17. Silk-tail, Garrulus bohemicus. j AE of any regular mi- 
These birds, as they stand numerically, belong to the following 
Linnzean genera : 
1,02, 193 auras: OptOy Piet TS. mS, rd ees 
4, Corvus. TS, 10, Loxta. 
5,6, 7, Scolopax. ty Anpelis. 
8, Columba. 
Birds that sing in the night are but few. 
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Neekin s ale, Zee § ‘In shadiest covert PS 
Woodlark, Alauda arborea. Suspended in mid air. 
( Passer arundinaceus 
Less reed-sparrow ; 
5 2 \. mtnor. 
\ Among reeds and willows. 
I should now proceed to such birds as continue to sing after 
Midsummer, but, as they are rather numerous, they would exceed 
the bounds of this paper: besides, as this is now the season for 
remarking on that subject, I am willing to repeat my observations 
on some birds concerning the continuation of whose song I seem 
at present to have some doubt. I am, &c. 
