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NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE. 



This assemblage of curious and amusing birds belongs to ten 

 several genera of the Linneean system ; and are all of the order of 

 passer es, save thejynx and cuculus, which are pica, and the chara- 

 drius (cedicnemus) and rallus (ortygometra), which are grallce. 



These birds, as they stand numerically, belong to the follow- 

 ing Linnaean genera : 



1, Jynx: 13. Cohiniba: 



2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 1 1 , 1 6, la Motacilla : 17. Rallus : 



3, 4, 5, 1 5. Hirundo : 19. Caprimulgus : 

 8. Cuculus : 14. Alauda : 



12. Charadrius: 20. Mmcicapa. 



Most soft-billed birds live on insects, and not on grain and 

 seeds ; and therefore at the end of summer they retire : but the 

 following soft-billed birds, though insect-eaters, stay with us the 

 year round : 



Redbreast, 

 Wren, 



Hedge-sparrow, 



White-wagtail, 

 Yellow-wagtail, 

 Gray-wagtail, 



Wheat-ear, 



Whin-chat, 

 Stone- chatter, 



RAII NOMINA. 



Rubecula : 

 Passer troglodytes : 



Curruca : 



Motacilla alba : 

 Motacilla flava : 

 Motacilla cinerea : 



ffinanthe : 



(Enanthe secunda. 

 (Enanthe tertia. 



Golden-crowned wren, Regulus cristatm. 



c These frequent houses ; and haunt out- 



{ buildings in the winter : eat spiders. 



c Haunt sinks for crumbs and other 



c sweepings. 



f These frequent shallow rivulets near 



J the spring heads, where they never 



J freeze : eat the aurelise of Phryganea. 



The smallest birds that walk. 



C Some of these are to be seen with us the 



t winter through. 



(This is the smallest British bird : haunts 

 the tops of tail trees ; stays the win- 

 ter through. 



A List of the Winter Birds of Passage round this neighbourhood, ranged somewhat in the 

 order in which they appear. 



1. Ring-ousel, 



RAII NOMINA. 



Merula torquata : 



f This is a new migration, which I have 

 3 lately discovered about Michaelmas 

 J week, and again about the fourteenth 

 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 us. 



Seldom appears till late: not in such 

 plenty as formerly. 

 On some large waters 



