OF SELBORNE. 



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RAII NOMINA. 



Stone chat, 



Golden - crowned 

 wren, 



GEnanthe tertia : 



( This is the smallest British bird : 

 [ Regulus cristatus : 1 haunts the tops of tall trees ; 

 ( stays the winter through. 



A list of the winter birds of passage round this 

 neighbourhood, ranged somewhat in the order in which 

 they appear: 



("This is a new migration, which 

 ) I have lately discovered, about 

 "S Michaelmas week, and again 

 ( about the 14th of March. 



About old Michaelmas. 

 (Though a percher by day, roosts 

 { on the ground. 



Most frequent on downs. 



Appears about old Michaelmas. 



1. Ring-ousel, Merula torquata 



2. Redwing, 



3. Fieldfare, 



Turd us iliacus 

 Turdus pilaris 



4. Royston crow, Comix cinerea 



5. Woodcock, 



6. Snipe, 



7. Jack snipe, 



8. Wood-pigeon, 



9. Wild swan, 



10. Wild goose, 



11. Wild duck, 



12. Pochard, 



Scolopax : 

 Gallinago minor: 

 Gallinago minima. 

 (Unas : 



13. Wigeon, 



14. Teal, breeds 

 with us in Wol-] 

 mer Forest, 



15. Grosbeak, 



16. Crossbill, 



17. Silktail, 



Cygnus ferns : 

 Anserferus: 

 Anas torquata mi- 

 nor: 



Anas f era fusca : 

 Penelope : 



Querquedula: 



Coccothraustes : 

 Loxia : 



Garndus Bohemi- 

 cus: 



Some snipes constantly breed 

 with 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 

 migration. 



These birds, as they stand numerically, belong to 

 the following Linnaean genera : 



1,2,3. Turdus: 



4. Core/us : 



5, 6, 7. Scolopax: 

 8. Columba : 



9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. 



15, 16. 



17. 



Anas: 

 Loxia : 

 Ampelis. 



Birds that sing in the night are but few. 



vr. , 4 . , T . . 



Nightingale, Luscima: 



Woodlark, Alauda arborea: 

 spar- 



" In shadiest covert hid. 



Suspended in mid air. 

 Among reeds and willow* 



