102 SINGING BIRDS. 



RAII NOMINA. 



( Haunts great woods ; 



24. Marsh titmouse, Parus palustris. < two harsh sharp 



(^ notes. 



25. Small willow- \ Regulus non cris- ( Sings in March and on 



wren, / tatus. \ to September. 



( Cantat voce stridula 



26. Largest do. Ditto. < locustte ; from end of 



(^ April to August. 



27. Grasshopper- \ Alauda 



lark, ) voce locustce. 



( All the breeding time ; 



28. Martin, * Hirundo agrestis. < from May to Septem- 



t ber. 



29. Bullfinch, Pyrrhula. 



on r> * n 7 . 77 f From the end of Janu- 



.iO. Bunting, Emberiza alba, -j 



. . ( Chirps all niarht, from 

 \imma ] . * .j- 5* _n A 



< the middle of April to 



'**' { the end of July. 



All singing birds, and those that have any preten- 

 sions to song, not only in Britain, but perhaps the 

 world through, come under the Linnsean ordo of 

 passeres. 



The above-mentioned birds, as they stand nume- 

 rically, belong to the following Linnaean genera : 



1, 7, 10, 27, Alauda. 8, 28, Hirundo. 



2, 11, 21, Turdus. 13, 16, 19, Fringilla. 

 3,4,5,9, 12,15,^ 



17, 18, 20, 23, V Motacilla. 22, 24, Parus. 

 25, 26, ) 



6, 30, Emberiza. 14, 29, Loxia. 



Birds that sing as they fly are but few :- 

 Skylark, Alauda vulgaris. -[ Rinft suspended, and 



/"In its descent; also 

 Titlark, Alauda pratorvm. ) Sg" 'on"' *e 



ground. 



Woodlark, Alauda arborea. < summer nights all 



^Suspended ; in hot 

 summer nij ' ' 

 night long. 



