NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE. 



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i. Woodlark, 



RAII NOMINA. 



Alauda arborea. 



16. Common linnet, 



Linaria vulgaris. 



In January, and continues to sing 

 through all the summer and 

 autumn. 



fin February and on to August: 

 \ reassume their song in autumn. 



All the year, hard frost excepted. 



Ditto. 



Early in February to July loth, 

 f Early in February,*and on through 

 I July to August 21. 



In February, and on to October. 



From April to September. 



Beginning of April to July 13. 



From middle of April to July 16 ; 

 {Sometimes in February and 

 < March, and so on to July 23 ; 

 I re-assumes in autumn. 



In April, and on to July 23. 

 (April, and through to September 

 \ 16. 



On to July and August a. 



/May on to beginning of July. 



(Breeds and whistles on till August; 

 re-assumes its note when they 

 begin to congregate in October, 

 and again early before the flocks 

 separate. 



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

 before Midsummer : 



17. Middle willow-wren, 



1 8. Redstart, 



19. Chaffinch, 



20. Nightingale, 



non cristatus. 

 Ruticilla. 



Fringilla. 

 Litscinia. 



Middle of June : begins in April. 



Ditto : begins in May. 

 ( Beginning of June : sings first in 

 t February, 



( Middle of June: sings first in 

 \ April. 



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



2i. Missel-bird, 



Turdus visclvortis. 



{Fringillago. 



January 2, 1770, in February. Is 

 called in Hampshire and Sussex 

 the storm-cock, because its song 

 is supposed to forbode windy 

 wet weather : it is the largest 

 singing bird we have. 



In February, 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 : 



