NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE IOI 



RAII NOMINA 



25. Small willow-wren, Regulus non cristatus. \ 



i Cantat wee stridula lo- 



26. Largest ditto, Ditto. < custcz ; from end of 



( April to August. 



. , I Alauda minima voce ( Chir Pf * U "j^t, * m *J C 



27. Grasshopper-lark, j- i ocusta \ middle of Apnl to the 



( end of July. 



28. Martin, Hirundo agrestis. \ A1 1 th -breeding time; 



( from May to September. 



29. Bullfinch, Pyrrhula. 



30. Bunting, Emberiza alba. j **%?$* *** f ^^^ 



All singing birds, and those that have any pretensions to 

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

 come under the Linnaean ordo of Passeres. 



The above-mentioned birds, as they stand numerically, 

 belong to the following Linnaean genera : 



1, 7, 10, 27, Alauda. 8, 28, Hirundo. 



2, n, 21, Turdus. 13, 16, 19, Fringilla. 



3,4,5,9, 12, 15,17, [^,7/*. 22,24, ' Parus. 



18, 20, 23, 25, 26, > 14, 29, Loxta. 



6, 30, Emberiza. 



Birds that sing as they fly are but few : 



RAII NOMINA 



Skylark, Alauda vulgaris. { Ri ^ g SUSpended> and 



f In its descent ; also sitting 

 Titlark, Alauda pratorum. < on trees, and walking on 



( the ground. 



( Suspended ; in hot sum- 

 Woodlark, Alauda arborea. < mer nights all night 



( long. 



Blackbird, Merula. j Sometimes from bush to 



( bush. 



f Uses when singing on the 

 Whitethroat, Ficedula affinis. \ wing odd jerks and ges- 



( ticulations. 

 Swallow, Hirundo domestica. In soft sunny weather. 



Wren, Passer troglodytes. { S ^ meS fr m bush tO 



