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NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE. 



RAH NOMIXA. 



16. Common linnet, Linaria vulgaris : 



f Breeds and whistles on till August ; 

 I reassumes its note when they be- 

 < gin to congregate in October, and 

 (^ again early before the flock se- 



parate. 



Birds that cease to be in full song, and are usually silent at or 

 before Midsummer : 



17. Middle willow- 3 



wren, 



18. Redstart, 



19. Chaffinch, 



20. Nightingale, 



Regulus non cristatus : 

 Ruticilla : 

 Fringilla : 

 Luscinia : 



Middle of June : begins in April. 



Ditto : begins in May.J 



t Beginning of June : sings first in 



\ February. 

 Middle of June : sings first in April. 



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



2 1 . Missel- bird , Turdus viscivorus : 



22. Great titmouse, 

 or ox-eye, ' 



> P . . 



\Frmgillago: 



, January the 2d, 1770, in February. 

 ' " ' ' \ Sussex 



; song is 

 ndy wet 

 .nging bird 

 we have. 



fin February, March, April: reasumes 

 1 for a short time in September. 



* Becoming gradually less frequent for about six weeks before it entirely ceases. ED. 



t It is clear that Mr. White never discriminated between the " titlark" and " pipitlark" of the 

 bird-shops, the tree-pipit (anthus arfcoreus), and common-pipit (A. commutm), of modern nomen- 

 clators : the former is a very sweet songster, and a bird of passage, arriving in the southern 

 counties early in April ; the latter a resident species, and a mean songster, more wagtail-like in 

 its habits, and easily distinguishable by its long and comparatively straight hind claw, which in 

 the latter is shorter and more curved. Various other differences will appear on comparison. ED. 



t Or rather, 1 should say, early in April. ED. 



The missel-thrush may be heard occasionally till the end of June, and constantly during the 

 months of April and May. ED. 



