WINTEE BIRDS OF PASSAGE. 



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Whin-chat, 

 Stone-chatter, 



RAII NOMINA. 



CEnantlie sectmda. 

 (Enanthe tertia. 



Golden-crowned wren, Regulus cristatus. 



"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 neighbourhood, ranged 

 somewhat in the order in which they appear. 



1. Riug-ousel, 



2. Redwing, 



3. Fieldfare, 



4. Royston-crow, 



5. Woodcock, 



6. Snipe, 



7. Jack-snipe, 



8. Wood-pigeon, 



9. Wild-swan, 

 10. Wild-goose, 



RAII NOMINA. 



Merula torquata. 



Turdus iliacus. 

 Turdus pilaris. 

 Cornix cinerea. 

 Scolopax. 



Gallinago minor. 

 Gallinago minima. 



(Enas. 



Cygnus ferus. 



Anser ferus. 

 f Anas torquata mi- 

 \ nor. 



Anas f era fusca. 



Penelope. 



11. Wild-duck, 



12. Pochard, 



13. Widgeon, 



14. Teal^breedswithus j ^ dula . 



in Wolmer Forest. J 



15. Crossbeak, 



16. Crossbill, 



17. Silk- tail, 



/"This is a new migration, 



which I have lately dis- 



-I covered about Michaelmas 



week, and again about 



\ the fourteenth of March. 



About old Michaelmas. 

 ]" Though a percher by day, 

 j_ roosts on the ground. 



Most frequently on downs. 

 J Appears about old Michael- 

 \ mas. 



f 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. 



Coccothraustes. 



Loxia. 



J" Garrulus Bohemi- 

 \ cus. 



: These are only wanderers 

 that appear occasionally, 

 and are not observant of 

 any regular migration. 



These birds, as they stand numerically, belong to the 

 following Linnaean genera : 



1, 2, 3, Turdus. 



4, Corvw. . 



5, 6, 7, Scolopax. 

 8, Columba. 



9,10, 11,12,13,14, 



15, 16, 



17, 



Anas. 

 Loxia. 

 Ampelis. 



