NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE. 57 



regitli non cristati, from which it is very distinct. See Ray's 

 " Philos. Letters," p. 108. 



The fly-catcher (stoparola) has not yet appeared ; it usually 

 breeds in my vine. The redstart begins to sing, its note is short 

 and imperfect, but is continued till about the middle of June. 

 The willow-wrens (the smaller sort) are horrid pests in a garden, 

 destroying the peas, cherries, currants, etc, ; and are so tame that 

 a gun will not scare them. 



A LIST OF THE SUMMER BIRDS OF PASSAGE DISCOVERED IN THIS 

 NEIGHBOURHOOD, RANGED SOMEWHAT IN THE ORDER IN WHICH 

 THEY APPEAR. 



LINN^EI NOMINA. 



Smallest willow-wren, Motaciila trochilus. 



Wryneck, Jynx torquilla. 



House-swallow, Hirundo rustica. 



Martin, H'-rundo urbica. 



Sand-martin, Hirundo riparia. 



Cuckoo, Cuculus canorus. 



Nightingale, Motaciila luscinia. 



Blackcap, Motaciila atricapilla. 



Whitethroat, Motaciila sylvia. 



Middle willow-wren, Motaciila trochilus. 



Swift, Hirundo apus. 



Stone-curlew? Charadrius cedicnemusl 



Turtle-dove? Turtur aldrovandil 



Grasshopper-lark, Alauda trivialis. 



Landrail, Rallus crex. 



Largest willow- wren, Motaciila trochilus. 



Redstart, Motaciila phcenicurus. 



Goat-sucker, or fern-owl, Caprimulgus europceus. 



Fly-catcher, Muscicapa grisola. 



My countrymen talk much of a bird that makes a clatter with 

 its bill against a dead bough, or some old pales, calling it a jar- 

 bird. I procured one to be shot in the very fact ; it proved to be 

 the Sitta europaa (the nuthatch). Mr. Ray says that the less spotted 

 woodpecker does the same. This noise may be heard a furlong 

 or more. 



Now is the only time to ascertain the short-winged summer 

 birds ; for, when the leaf is out, there is no making any remarks 



