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THE NATURAL HISTORY 



i, 7, 10, 27. 

 2 y II, 21. 



Alauda. 

 T urdus. 



The above-mentioned birds, as they stand numerically, 

 belong to the following Linnaean genera. 



8, 28. Hirundo. 



13, 1 6, 19. Fringilla. 



22, 24. Parus. 



6, 30. Emberiza. 14, 29. Loxia. 



Birds that sing as they fly are but few : 



Skylark, 

 Titlark, 



Woodlark, 

 Blackbird, 

 White-thro.it, 



Swallow, 

 Wren, 



RAII NOMINA. 



Alauda vulgaris. 

 ratorum. 



Alauda arborea. 

 Merula. 

 Ficidulae affinis. 



Hirundo domestica. 

 Passer troglodytes. 



Rising, suspended, and fall- 

 ing. 



In its descent ; also sitting 

 on trees, and walking on 

 the ground. 



Suspended ; in hot summer 

 nights all night long. 



Sometimes from bush to 

 bush. 



Uses when singing on the 

 wing odd jerks and ges- 

 ticulations. 



In soft sunny weather. 



Sometimes from bush to 

 bush. 



Birds that breed most early in these parts : 



Raven, 



Song-thrush, 



Blackbird, 



Rook, 



Woodlark, 

 Ring-dove, 



Corvus. 



Turdus. 

 Merula. 

 Comix frugilega. 



Alauda arborea. 

 Palumbus torquatus 



Hatches in February and 



March. 

 In March. 

 In March. 

 Builds the beginning of 



March. 



Hatches in April. 

 Lays the beginning of April. 



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 

 somewhat in proportion to their bulk ; I mean in this 

 island, where they are much pursued and annoyed : but in 

 Ascension Island, and many other desolate places, mariners 

 have found fowls so unacquainted with an human figure, 



