96 THE NATURAL HISTORY 



RAII NOMINA. 



2. Redwing, Turdus iliacus : About old Michaelmas. 



3. Fiddfare, Turin, fUaris : IFZ&gSg*"* 



4. Royston-crow, Comix cinerea : Most frequent on downs. 



5. Woodcock, 1 Sc olopax : Appears about old Michaelmas. 



6. Snipe,' Gallinago minor : { ^^^P 65 constantl y breed 



7. Jack-snipe, Gallinago minima : 



8. Wood-pigeon,3 Oena, : 



9. Wild-swan, Cygnus ferus : On some large waters. 



10. Wild-goose, Anser ferus : 



11. Wild-duck, 4 Anas tor quata minor :\ 



12. Pochard, 6 Anas f era fusca : 



13. Wigeon, Penelope : f On our lakes and streams. 



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17! SUk!tail,v ' ^rr*/^ A******, : 



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

 Linncean genera : 



i, 2, 3, Turdus: 9, 10, n, 12, 13, 14, 



4, Corvus : Anas: 



5, 6, 7, Scolopax : 15, 16, ^orz'a : 

 8, Columba : 17. Ampelis. 



Birds that sing in the night are but few. 



" hid '' 



Nightingale. LuscMa: {" 



Woodlark, Alauda arborea : Suspended in mid air. 



Less reed-sparrow.s Paser arundinacens AmQng reeds and 



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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 



The woodcock is a resident as well as a winter visitant.] 



The common snipe is a resident as well as a winter visitant.] 



Both the wood-pigeon and the stock-dove are residents.] 



The mallard (Anas boscas, L. ) is a resident as well as a winter visitant.] 



6 The pochard (Fuligulaferina, L.) is a resident as well as a winter visitant.] 

 The common crossbill (l^oxia curvirostra, L. ) is an irregular visitant, chiefly in 



autumn and winter. White has "cross-beak (Coccothraustes) " and " gross- 

 bill (Loxia) ".] 



7 The waxwing (Ampelis gar rulus , L.) is an occasional winter visitant.] 



8 [The sedge- warbler (Acrocephalus phragmitis, Bechst.).] 



