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THE NATURAL HISTORY 



11. Blackbird, 



12. White-throat, 



13. Goldfinch, 



14. Greenfinch, 



15. Less reed-sparrow, 1 



16. Common linnet, 



RAII NOMINA. 

 Merula vulgaris : 



Ficedulce affinis : 

 Carduelis : 



Chloris : 



f Passer arundinaceus 1 

 \ minor : 



Linaria vulgaris : 



{Sometimes in February and 

 March, and so on to July the 

 twenty-third ; reassumes in 

 autumn. 



In April and on to July 23. 

 /April and through to September 

 \ 16. 

 On to July and August 2. 



\May, on to beginning of July. 



/'Breeds and whistles on till Au- 

 I gust ; reassumes it's note when 

 -| they begin to congregate in 

 October, and again early be- 

 fore the flock separate. 



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

 before Midsummer : 



17. Middle willow- wren, 2 



1 8. Redstart, 



19. Chaffinch, 



20. Nightingale, 



of June ' 



Regulus non cristatus : 



Ruticilla ; Ditto : begins in May. 



Fringilla : { B $gf ' ! si "* S fet 



Luscinia /Middle of June : sings first in 



\ April. 



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



21. Missel -bird, 



22. Great titmouse, or ox- 

 eye. 



Turdus viscivorus 



\ Fringillago : 



January the 2d, 1770, in Febru- 

 ary. Is called in Hampshire 

 and Sussex the storm-cock, 

 because it's song is supposed 

 to forebode windy wet wea- 

 ther : is the largest singing 

 bird we have. 



I" In February, March, April : re- 

 assumes for a short time in 



V. September. 



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

 to be called singing birds : 



23. Golden-crowned wren, Regulus cristatus : 



24. Marsh titmouse, Parus palustris : 



It's note as minute as it's per- 

 son ; frequents the tops of 

 high oaks and firs : the small- 

 est British bird. 



/ Haunts great woods : two harsh 



\ sharp notes. 



1 [The sedge- war bier.] 



2 [The willow-wren (Phylloscopus trochilus, L.).] 



