98 WHITE 



RAII NOMINA 



6. Snipe, Gallinago minor. ( Some snipes constantly 



\ breed with us. 



7. Jack-snipe, Gallinago minima. 



f Seldom appears till late ; 



8. Wood-pigeon, (Enas. 3 not in such plenty as 



( formerly. 



9. Wild-swan, Cygnus ferus. On some large waters. 



10. Wild-goose, Anser ferus. 



1 1 . Wild-duck, Anas torquata minor. 



12. Pochard, Anas fera fusca. 



13. Widgeon, Penelope. I 



it Tealfbreeds with > ? On our lakes and streams ' 



us in Wolmer > Querquedula. 

 Forest, ) 



15. Grossbeak, Coccothraustes. f Th f e are 



16. Crossbill, Loxia. \ that appear occasionally, 



17. Silk-tail, Garrulusbohemicus. \ and are not observant of 



v. any regular migration. 



The birds, as they stand numerically, belong to the follow- 

 ing Linnaean genera : 



I, 2, 3, Turdus. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, Anas. 



4, Corvus. 15, 1 6, Loxia. 



5, 6, 7, Scolopax. 17, Ampelis. 



8, Columba. 



Birds that sing in the night are but few : 



RAII NOMINA 



" In shadiest covert hid." 



Nightingale, Luscinia, ] -MILTON. 



Woodlark, Alauda arborea. Suspended in mid air. 



Less reed-sparrow, | P^rarundmaceus | Among reeds and wiUows 



I should now proceed to such birds as continue to sing 

 after midsummer, but, as they are rather numerous, they 

 would exceed the bounds of this paper: besides, as this is 

 now the season for remarking on that subject, I am willing to 

 repeat my observations on some birds concerning the con- 

 tinuation of whose song I seem at present to have some 

 doubt. 



I am, etc. 



