The Natural History of Selborne 171 



RAII NOMINA. 



22. Great titmouse, \ v . f ln February, March, April: re- 



or ox-eye j frtn S l " a S - j assumes for a short time in Sep- 



I tember. 



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

 be called singing birds : 



23. Golden-crowned ) . . (Its note as minute as its. person: 



wren - Regulus cnstatus. J frequents the tops of high oaks 



and firs : the smallest British bird. 



24. Marsh-titmouse, Parus palustris. Ha j nts "" wo ds : two harsh 



\ sharp notes. 



25. Small willow-wren, Regulus non cristatus. 



26. Largest ditto, Ditto. \ Canta ! V f " '?**** /0fUSt * ! fr m 



( end of April to August. 



r> u , , ( Alauda minima voce (Chirps all night, from the middle 



27. Grass-hopper lark^ ^^ of F April tQ 6 the end of July . 



o Ti/r IT- j (All the breeding time: from mav 



28. Martin, Hirundo agrestis. c ; 



\ to September. 



29. Bullfinch, Pjrrkula. 



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 

 Linnasan ordo of Passeres. 



The above-mentioned birds, as they stand numerically, belong to 

 the following Linnaean genera : 



1, 7, 10, 27, Alauda. 8, 28, Hirundo. 



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



3, 4, C, q, 12, ic, 17, ) ,, .,, 22, 24, Parus. 

 18, 20, 23, 25, 26 1 Mota " lla - I4 , 29, L,xia. 

 6, 30, Emberiza. 



Birds that sing as they fly are but few : 



Skylark, Alauda vulgaris. Rising, suspended, and falling. 



rp- , , .j j (In its descent : also sitting on trees, 



Tltlark ' Alauda P ratorum - { an d walking on the ground. 



, x , j, , ... , , (Suspended: in hot summer nights 



Woodlark, Alauda arborea. { Anight long. 



Blackbird, Merula. Sometimes from bush to bush. 



,,. , . . (Uses when singing on the wing odd 



Whitethroat, Ficedm* affims. .^ ^ gesticulations. 



