72 The Natural History of Selborne 



Sand-martin, 



Cuckoo, 



Nightingale, 



Blackcap, 



Whitethroat, 



Middle willow-wren, 



Swift, 



Stone-curlew (?) 



Turtle-dove (?) 



Grasshopper-lark, 



Landrail, 



Largest willow-wren, 



Redstart, 



Goat-sucker, or fern-owl, 



Fly-catcher, 



Hirundo riparia. 



Cuculus canorus. 



Motacilla luscinia. 



Motacilla atricapilla. 



Moiacilla syl-via. 



Motacilla trochilus. 



Hirundo apus. 



Charadrius adicnemus (?) 



Turtur aldrovandi (?) 



Alauda trhrialis. 

 Rallus crex. 

 Motacilla trochilus. 

 Motacilla phcenicurus. 

 Caprimulgus europaus. 

 Muscicapa grisola. 



The fly-catcher (stoparold) has not yet appeared ; it usually 

 breeds in my vine. The redstart begins to sing ; its note is 

 short and imperfect, but is continued till about the middle of 

 June. The willow-wrens (the smaller sort) are horrid pests 

 in a garden, destroying the peas, cherries, currants, &c. ; and 

 are so tame that a gun will not scare them. 



My countrymen talk much of a bird that makes a clatter 



