96 OBSERVATIONS ON BIRDS. 



The second occasion of my pursuing these inqui- 

 ries was on the 4th of July, 1843. The morning in 

 this instance was very mild and calm, but damp and 

 lightly clouded, inclining to rain. The following 

 species were noticed : 



Domestic Cock crowing x A. M. ^ 



Blackbird chirping (but not singing), at the same ( 2 hrs. 3 min. 



time flying about from bush to bush . . ) 



Sky-lark singing 15 min. 



Rooks, a few cawing 20 min. 



Thrush singing ....... 42 min. 



Swallow ditto . . . . . . ,,47 min. 



Ring-dove cooing ..... 



Thrushes everywhere singing . . . . f " 50 min ' 



Blackbird singing ....... 52 min. 



Redbreasts chirping (never sung at all) . . | . 



Turtle-dove (Columba turtur) heard . . } " 



Yellow-hammer singing 3 hrs. 



Guinea Fowl (Numida meleagris) calling 3 min. 



House Sparrows chirping 6 min. 



Rooks beginning to leave their nest-trees . . ,,15 min. 

 N.B. The cawing had been gradually increasing 



since 2 hours 30 minutes. 



Wren ( Troglodytes europaus) singing . . ,,20 min. 

 Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola) chirping 25 min. 



No other species were heard previously to four 

 o'clock. 



I attended a third time to this subject, on the 13th 

 of June, in the present year (1845). The two former 

 occasions were some days after the occurrence of the 

 summer equinox ; I purposely selected this a short 

 time before. The morning was fine, the air very still, 

 with a thin mist at times hanging over the meadows. 

 The following occurrences were noted down. 



