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In February, and on to October. 

 From April to September. 

 Beginning of April to July 13th. 



f 



11. Blackbird, 



12. Whitethroat, 



13. Goldfinch, 



14. Greenfinch, 

 ,5. 



("Sometimes in February and 

 < March, and so on to July the 

 ( 23d ; reassumes in autumn. 

 In April, and on to July 23. 



16. Common 



lin- 



Merula vulgaris: 



Ficedulce qffinis : 



Carduelis: 



Chloris : On to July and August 2. 



^-f^ May , on to thebeginningof July . 



f Breeds and whistles on till Au- 



) r . . , . J gst; reassumes its note when 



Linarw vulgaris: < they begin to congregate in 



October, and again early be- 



^ fore the flocks separate. 



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

 silent at or before Midsummer : 



Middle of June: begins in Apri,. 



Birds that sing for a short time, and very early in 

 the spring : 



f January the 2nd, 1770, in Fe- 



21. Missel-bird, Turdusviscivorus: 



22 



22. 



Fringittago: 



bruary. Is called in Hamp- 

 shire and Sussex the storm- 

 cock, because its song is sup- 

 posed to forebode windy wet 

 weather: is the largest singing 

 bird we have. 



In Februar y> March, April: re- 

 assumes for a short time in 

 September. 



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

 are hardly to be called singing birds : 



23. Golden-crown- 

 ed wren, 



_,.,. --.** . 

 Kegulus cnstatus . 



s note as minute as its person ; 

 frequents the tops of high oaks 

 and firs : the smallest British 

 bird. 



