96 WINTER BIRDS OF PASSAGE. 



with us in Wol- > Querquedula. 

 mer Forest. 



i - ^ , , r These are only wan- 



15. Crossbeak, Coccothraustes. i 



it? /-i u-ii r 1 derers that appear oc- 



16. Crossbill, Loxia. 



f / r> T S casionally, and are 

 iw 0-11 ^ M f Garrulus Botiemi- \ ~ 



17. Silk-tail, -j j not observant of any 



V regular migration. 



These birds, as they stand numerically, belong to 

 the following Linnaean genera : 



1, 2,3, Turdus. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, Anas. 



4, Corvus. 15, 16, Loxia. 



5, 6, 7> Scolopax. 17, Ampelis. 

 8, Columba. 



Birds that sing in the night are but few : 



XT . , . , ( " In shadiest covert 



Nightingale, Lusctma. | hid."-MiLTON. 



Woodlark, Alauda arborea. Suspended in mid air. 



Less reed sparrow, \ Passer arundina ~ 5 Among reeds and wil- 

 ' ( ceus minor. ( lows. 



I should now proceed to such birds as continue to 

 sing after midsummer, but as they are rather nume- 

 rous, they would exceed the bounds of this paper ; 

 besides, as this is now the season for remarking on 



