NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE. 



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A LIST OF THE WINTER BIRDS OF PASSAGE ROUND THIS 



NEIGHBOURHOOD RANGED SOMEWHAT IN THE ORDER IN 

 WHICH THEY APPEAR. 



Ring-ousel, 



Redwing, 

 Fieldfare, 



Royston-crow, 

 Woodcock, 

 Snipe, 

 Jack snipe, 

 Wood-pigeon, 



Wild-swan, 

 Wild-goose, 

 Wild-duck, 

 Pochard, 

 Wigeon, 



Teal, breeds with us) 

 in Wolmer Forest, j 



Cross-beak, 



Gross-bill, 



Silk-tail, 



RAH NOMINA. 



Mernla torquata. 



Titrdus iliacus. 

 T nrdus Pilaris. 



Comix cineren. 

 Scoloptix. 



Gallinago minor. 

 Gallinago minima, 



Cygn us ferns. 



A user ferns. 



Anas tor (junta minor. 



A nasfetafusca. 



Penelope. 



Querqnedulti. 



Coccothraustes. 



Loxia. 



Gat mlus bohemicus. 



/"This is a new migration, which 

 I I have lately discovered about 

 j Michaelmas week, and again 

 V about the i4th 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. 



f Seldom appears till late; not in 

 \ such plenty as formerly. 

 On some large waters. 



\ 



in our lakes and streams. 



VThese are only wanderers that 

 ( appear occasionally and are not 

 | observant of any regular mi- 



gration. 



These birds, as they stand numerically, belong to the following 

 Linnsean genera : 



i, a, 3, Turdus. 



4, Cormis. 



5, 6, 7, Scolopax. 

 8, Coluniba. 



g, 10, n, 12, 13, 14, 



15, 16, . 



17, 



Anas. 

 Loxia. 

 A mpelis. 



Birds that sing in the night are but few. 



Nightingale, 

 Woodlark, 

 Less reed-sparrow 



L ncinia. 



Alauda arborea. 

 f Passer arnndinacens 

 minor. 



{ "In shadiest covert hid." 

 I MILTON. 



Suspended in mid air. 



1 Among reeds and willows. 



I should now proceed to such birds as continue to sing after 

 Midsummer, but, as they are rather numerous, they would exceed 

 the bounds of this paper : besides, as this is now the season for 

 remarking on that subject, I am willing to repeat my observations 

 on some birds concerning the continuation of whose song I seem 

 at present to have some doubt. I am, &c. 



