OF SELBORNE. 



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HAH XOMINA. 



1. Wood-lark, Alauda arborea : 



2. Song-thrush, j 



3. Wren, 



4. Redbreast, 



5. Hedge-spar- 



row, 



Passer troglodytes 

 Rubccidn : 



6. Yellowhammer, Emberizajlava 



7. Skylark, 



8. Swallow, 



9. Black-cap, 



10. Titlark, 



Alauda vulgar is: 



Hirundo domestica 

 Atricapilla : 



Alauda pratorum : 



11. Blackbird, Merula vulgaris: 



12. White-throat, Ficedula affinis : 



13. Goldfinch, Carduelis : 



14. Greenfinch, 



15. Less reed- 



sparrow, 



Chloris : 



Passer arundmaceus 

 minor . 



In January, and continues to 

 sinu through all the summer 

 and autumn. 



In February and on to Au- 

 gust, reassume their song in 

 autumn. 



All the year, hard frost excepted. 



Ditto. 



j Early in February to July the 

 ) 10th. 



i Early in February, and on 

 through July to August the 

 21st. 



J In February, and on to Oc- 

 } tober. 



From April to September. 

 Beginning of April to July 13ih. 

 J From middle of April to July 

 | the 16th. 



( Sometimes in February and 

 1 March, and so on to July the 

 j twenty-third ; reassumes in 

 ( autumn. 



In April and on to July 23. 

 April and through to September 



16. 

 On to July and August 2. 



May, on to beginning of July. 



C Breeds and whistles on 

 I flust: reassumes it's note when 



16. Common linnet, Linaria vulgaris : <j they begin to congregate in 



October, and again early be- 

 (^ fore the flock separate. 



Birds that cease to be in full song, and are usually silent at 

 or before Midsummer : 



low-wren, 



18. Redstart, RuticiUa : 



19. Chaffinch, Fringilla : 



20. Nightingale, Luscinia : 



} April. 

 Ditto : begins in May. 

 \ Beginning of June : sings first 

 | in February. 



j Middle of June : sings first in 

 ) April. 



Birds that sing ibr a short time, and very early in the 

 spring : 



