NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE. 



White-wagtail, 

 Yellow-wagtail. 

 Grey-wagtail, 



Wheat-ear, 



Whin-ch.it, 

 Stone-chatter, 



RAII NOMINA. 



Motacilla alba. 

 Motadlla flava. 

 Motacilla cinerea. 



(Enanthe. 



(Enanthe secunda. 

 (Enanthe tertia. 



Golden-crowned wren, Regulus cristatus. 



/These frequent shallow rivulets 

 \ near the spring heads, where 

 < they never freeze : eat the 

 I aureliae of Fhryganea. The 

 V. smallest birds that walk. 

 C Some of these are to be seen 

 \ with us the winter through. 



'This is the smallest British 

 bird : haunts the tops of tall 

 trees; stays the winter 

 through. 



A LIST OF THE WINTER BIRDS OF PASSAGE ROUND THIS NEIGH- 

 BOURHOOD, RANGED SOMEWHAT IN THE ORDER IN WHICH 

 THEY APPEAR. 



RAII NOMINA. 



1. Ring-ousel, 



2. Bed wing, 



3. Fieldfare, 



4. Royston-crow, 



5. Woodcock, 



6. Snipe. 



7. Jack-snipe. 



8. Wood-pigeon, 



9. Wild-swan. 



10. Wild-goose, 



11. Wild-duck, 



12. Pochard, 



13. Wigeon, 



14. Teal, breeds with 



us in Wolmer 

 Forest, 



15. Gross-beak, 



1 6. Cross-bill, 



17. Silk-tail. 



Merula iorauata. 



Turdus iliacus. 

 Turdus pilariSt 



Comix cirzcrca. 

 Scolopax. 



Gallinago minor. 

 Gallinago minima. 

 (Enas. 



Cygmis ferus. 



Anser ferus. 



Anas torquata minor. 



A nas fera fusca. 



Penelope. 



Querquedula. 



Coccothraustes. 



Loxia. 



Garruius lohemicus. 



(This is a new migration, which 

 ) I have lately discovered about 

 j Michaelmas week, and again 

 ( about the I4th March. 



About old Michaelmas. 

 I Though a percher by day, 

 | roosts on the ground. 



Most frequent on downs. 



Appears about old Michaelmas- 

 C Some snipes constantly breed 

 { with us. 



c Seldom appears till late ; not 

 { in such plenty as formerly. 

 On some large waters. 



On our lakes and streams. 



! These are only wanderers that 

 appear occasionally, and are 

 not observant of any regular 

 migration. 



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