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THE NATURAL HISTORY 



Hedge-sparrow, 



White-wagtail, 

 Yellow-wagtail, 

 Grey-wagtail, 



Wheat-ear, 



RAM NOMINA 



Curruca. 



Motacilla alba. 

 Motacilla Jiava. 

 Motacilla cinerea. 



Oenanthe. 



Whin-chat, Oenanthe secunda. 



Stone-chatter, Oenanthe tertla. 



Golden-crowned wren, Regulm Cristatus. 



Haunt sinks for crumbs and 



other sweepings. 

 ^These frequent shallow rivu- 

 lets near the spring heads, 

 where they never freeze : 

 eat the aureliae of Phry- 

 ganea. The smallest birds 

 that walk. 

 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 neighbour- 

 hood., ranged somewhat in the order in which they appear : 



I. Ring-ousel, 



Redwing, 

 Fieldfare, 



Royston-crow, 

 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 Querquedula. 

 us in Wolmer-forest, 



Merula torquata. 



Turdus iliacus. 

 Turdus pilaris. 



Comix cinerea. 

 Scolopax. 



Gallinagp minor. 



Gallinago minima. 

 Oenas. 



Cygnus ferus. 



Aser ferus. 



Anas torquata minor. 



Anas fera fusca. 



Penelope. 



This is a new migration 

 which I have lately dis- 

 covered about Michaelmas 

 week, and again about the 

 fourteenth of March. 



About old Michaelmas. 



Though a percher by day, 

 roosts on the ground. 



Most frequent on downs. 



Appears about old Michael- 

 mas. 



Some snipes constantly breed 

 with us. 



Seldom appears till late : not 

 in such plenty as formerly. 

 On some large waters. 



-On 



our lakes and streams. 



I 5. Gross-beak, 



16. Cross-bill, 



17. Silk-tail, 



Coccothraustes. 



Loxia. 



Garrulus bohemicus. 



are only wanderers 



appear occasionally, 



of 



"I These 



I that 



j and are not observant 



j any regular migration 



