OF SELBORNE 105 



RAII NOMINA. 



: 8. Redstart, Ruticilla. Middle of June : begins in 



May. 



19. Chaffinch, Fringilla. Beginning of June : sings first 



in February. 



20. Nightingale, Luscinia. Middle of June : sings first 



in April. 



Birds that sing for a short time, and very early in the 

 spring : 



21. Missel-bird, Turdus viscivorus. January the 2nd, 1770, in 



February. Is called in 

 Hampshire and Sussex the 

 storm-cock, because its 

 song is supposed to fore- 

 bode windy wet weather : 

 is the largest singing bird 

 we have. 



22. Great titmouse, Fringillagp. In February, March, April : 



or ox-eye, reassumes for a short time 



in September. 



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

 hardly to be called singing birds : 



23. Golden-crowned Regulus cristatus. Its note as minute as its per- 



wren. son ; frequents the tops of 



high oaks and firs : the 

 smallest British bird. 



24. Marsh titmouse, Parus palustris. Haunts great woods : two 



harsh sharp notes. 



25. Small willow- Regulus non cristatus. Sings in March and on to 



wren, September. 



26. Largest ditto, Ditto. Cantat voce stridula kcustae ; 



from end of April to 

 August. 



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



lark, locustae. middle of April to the 



end of July. 



28. Martin, Hirundo agrestis. All the breeding time ; from 



May to September. 



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 Linnaean or do of passer es. 



