1 66 The Natural History of Selborne 



A LIST OF THE WINTER BIRDS OF PASSAGE ROUND THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD RANGED 



SOMEWHAT IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY APPEAR. 



J. Ring-ousel, 



2. Redwing, 



3. Fieldfare, 



Royston-crow, 

 Woodcock, 



Snipe, 

 Jack snipe, 

 Wood-pigeon, 



Wild-swan, 



Wild-goose, 



Wild-duck, 



Pochard, 



Wigeon, 



Teal, breeds with 



us in Wolmer 



Forest, 



Cross-beak, 



Gross-bill, 



Silk-tail, 



RAII NOMINA. 



Merula torquata. 



Turdus iliacus. 

 Turdus pilaris. 

 Comix cinerea. 



Gallinago minor. 

 Gallinago minima. 

 (Enas. 



Cy gnus ferus. 

 Anser ferus. 

 Anas torquata minor. 

 Anas fer a fuse a. 

 Penelope. 



Querqueduia. 



Coccothraustes. 



Loxia. 



Garrulus bohemicus. 



This is a new migration, which 

 I have lately discovered about 

 Michaelmas week, and again 

 about the I4th of March. 

 About old Michaelmas. 

 (Though a percher by day, roosts 

 \ on the ground. 

 Most frequent on downs. 

 Appears about old Michaelmas. 

 (Some snipes constantly breed with 

 1 us. 



(Seldom appears till late: not in 

 { such plenty as formerly. 

 On some large waters. 



On our lakes and streams. 



These are only wanderers that 

 appear occasionally and are not 

 observant of any regular migra- 

 tion. 



These birds, as they stand numerically, belong to the following 

 Linnsean genera : 



i, 2, 3, 



4, Corvus. 



5, 6, 7, Scolopax. 

 8, Columba. 



9, 10, ii, 12, 13, 14, Anas. 

 15, 1 6, Loxia. 



1 7, Ampelis. 



Birds that sing in the night are but few. 



Nightingale, 

 Woodlark, 



Less reed-sparrow, 



Luscinia. 



Alauda arborea. 

 ( Passer arundinaceus 

 \ minor. 



" In shadiest covert hid." MILTON. 

 Suspended in mid air. 



Among reeds and willows. 



