XXV.] 



OF SELBORNE. 



following soft-billed birds, though insect-eaters, stay with us the 

 year round : 



Redbreast, 

 Wren, 



RAII NOMINA. 



Rubecwla : 

 Passer troglodytes : 



Hedge-sparrow, Curruca : 



White-wagtail, 

 Yellow-wagtail, 

 Grey-wagtail, 



Wheat-ear, 



Whin-chat, 

 Stone-chatter, 



Golden - crowned 

 wren, 



Motacilln alba : 

 Motacilla flava : 

 Motacilla dneren : 



Oenanthe : 



Oenanthe secunda. 

 Oenanthe tertia. 



[ Regulus cristatus : 



' These frequent houses, and haunt 

 outbuildings in the winter : eat 

 spiders. 



Haunts sinks for crumbs and other 

 sweepings. 



These frequent shallow rivulets 

 near the spring heads, where 

 they never freeze : eat the aure- 

 lits of Phryganea. 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 : 



1. Ring-ousel, Merula torquata : 



This is a new migration, whicli 

 I have lately discovered about 

 Michaelmas week, and again 

 about the 14th of March. 



About old Michaelmas. 



Though a percher by day, roosts 

 on the ground. 



Most frequent on downs. 



Appears about old Michaelmas. 



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. 



These are only wanderers that ap- 

 pear occasionally, and are not 

 observant of any regular migra- 

 tion. 



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