OF SELBORNE. 



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Hedge-sparrcr 



White-wagtail, 

 Yellow- wagtail, 

 Grey wagtail, 



Wheat-ear, 



Whin-chat *, 

 Stone-chatter, 



HAII NOMIXA. 



Curruca : 



Motacilla alba : 

 Motacillaflava : 

 Motacilla cinerca 



Oenanthe : 



Oenantlie secunda 

 Oenanthe tertia : 



j Haunt sinks for crumbs and 

 j other sweepings. 

 These frequent shallow rivu- 

 lets near the spring heads, 

 { where they never freeze : 

 ] eat the aurelise of Phry- 

 | ganea. The smallest biras 

 ^ that walk. 



I Some of these are to be seen 

 ( with us the winter through. 



Golden-crowned wren, Reyultis cristatns : 



( This is the smallest British 

 J bird: haunts the tops of 

 1 tall trees ; stays the win- 

 ( ter through. 



A List of the Winter Birds of Passage round this neighbour- 

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



rThis is a new migration which 

 I have lately discovered 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 Michaelmas. 



1. Ring- ousel, Merula tor quota 



'2. Redwing, Turdus iliacus : 



3. Fieldfare, Turdus pilaris : 



4. Royston-crow, Comix cinerca : 



o. Woodcock, Scolopax : 



6. Snipe, Gallinayo minor : 



7. Jack-snipe, Gallinago minima : 



8. Wood-pigeon, Oanan : 



9. Wild -swan, Cyf/im* f<ru* : 



10. Wild-goose, Aser-ferus: 



11. Wild-duck, Anas torquata minor . 



12. Pochard, Anas f era fusca: 



13. Wigeon, Penelope: 



14. Teal, breeds 1 



with us ini Quc.rquedula '. 

 Wohner-forest \ 



j Some snipes constantly breed 

 j with us. 



Seldom appears till late : not in 



such plenty as formerly. 

 On some large waters. 



our lakes and streams. 



15. Gross-beak, 



16. Cross-bill, 



17. Silk-tail, 



Coccothrausles : 



Lo.ri<i : 



Gktrmlltt bohcmicits : 



( These are only wanderers that 

 J appear occasionally, and are 

 1 not observant of any regular 

 ( migi-ation. 



* [See note to Lt-ttcr XXXIX. to Pennant, p. 98, on the migration oF 

 the yellow wairtail and whin-chat. T. B.] 



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