118 NATURAL HISTORY 



BAII NOMINA. 



C January the 2d, 1770, in Febru- 

 ary. Is called in Hampshire 

 and Sussex the storm-cock, 



21. Missel-bird, Turdus viscivorus : < because it's song is supposed 



to forebode windy wet wea- 

 ther : is the largest singing 

 bird we have. 



22. Great tit- ~| ( In February, March, April : re- 

 mouse, or ox- 

 eye. 



t- "I I In February, March, April : re- 



c- > Frinyillago : \ assumes for a short time in 



[ September. 



Birds that have somewhat of a note or song, and yet are 

 hardly to be called singing birds : 



( It's note as minute as it's per- 



23. Golden- I T> 7 j. j. \ son : frequents the tops of 

 crowned wren, f Re 9 ulus cnstatus : j high oaks and firs : the smal- 



( lest British bird. 



24. Marsh tit- I p 7 , . j Haunts great woods : two harsh 



mouse, f \ sharp notes. 



25. Small wil- ) T> 7 * * \ Sings in March and on to Sen- 



low-wren, \ Regulusnon cnstatus: ^ ^^ 



26. Largest ditto, Ditto : Canta^cestridulalocmt^ from 



27. Grasshopper- j Alauda minima voce J Chirps all night,from the middle 

 lark, j locustce : } of April to the end of July. 



2 8. M a rtin , Mruntoa^s: 



29. Bullfinch, Pyrrhula : 



30. Bunting, Emberiza alba : From the end of January to July. 



All singing birds, and those that have any pretensions to 

 song, not only in Britain, but perhaps the world through, 

 come under the Linncean ordo of passer es. 



The above-mentioned birds, as they stand numerically, be- 

 long to the following Linnwan genera. 



1, 7, 10, 27. 

 2 > 11, 21. 



17, 4 18,' aO,^, 1 ^, 26. 



6 > 80- 



Birds that sing as they fly are but few. 

 Skylark, Alauda vulyaris : Rising, suspended, and falling. 



