174 ^he Natural History of Se I borne 



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, be- 

 long to the following Linnsean genera : 



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



2,11,21, Turdus. 13,16,19, Fringilla. 



3, 4, 5, 9, 12, 15, 17, ^ Moiad ii a 22, 24, .Par^. 



18,20,23,25,26, " i 4)29j ^-/rt. 

 6, 30, Emberiza. 



Birds that sing as they fly are but few : 



RAII NOMINA. 



Skylark, Alauda vulgaris. \ Ri jjg; g sus P ended > and 



In its descent: also sitting 



All birds that continue in full song till after Midsummer 

 appear to me to breed more than once. 



Most kinds of birds seem to me to be wild and shy some- 



