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BIRDS OF ENGLAND, page 109. 



There are in Europe, some four hundred and sixty-two 

 birds, and in Great Britain three hundred and ten species. 

 In the state of New York alone, we have, according to 

 Dr. De Kay, three hundred and seven species. Mr. 

 Knapp mentions upward of sixty of the English species, 

 and of these only three are generally admitted, we be- 

 lieve, to be common to both continents the great butcher' 

 bird, lanius excubiter, the petrel, and the guillemot, the two 

 last being sea-birds. The tree-creepers, the goldcrests, the 

 ravens, and the magpies, however, are considered very 

 closely similar. We give the names of the birds men- 

 tioned by Mr. Knapp. The rook ; hedge-sparrow ; willow- 

 wren ; cirl bunting ; goldcrest ; linnet, or great red-poll ; 

 bull-finch ; robin ; chaffinch ; tomtit ; large tomtit ; cole- 

 mouse ; long tailed tit ; house-sparrow ; wood-pigeon ; jay ; 

 goldfinch; whitethroat; blackcap; greenfinch; gray fly- 

 catcher ; house-marten ; raven ; jackdaw ; rockpigeon ; 

 magpie; butcher-bird; petrel; wryneck; swan; nightin- 

 gale ; starling ; redstart ; solitary thrush ; missel-thrush ; 

 sparrow-hawk ; kestrel ; yellow-hammer ; swallow ; thrush 

 or throstle ; wheatear ; guillemot ; kite ; pettychaps ; wren ; 

 blackbird ; cuckoo ; lark ; tree-creeper ; yellow wagtail ; 

 halcyon ; wood pigeon ; black grous or heath cock ; red 

 grous or moor fowl ; bustard ; fieldfare ; crossbill ; bunt- 

 ing; gray wagtail; swift; goat-sucker; jacksnipe; common 

 snipe ; peewit or lapwing : redwing ; wood lark. 



The limits allotted to us, not permitting many details 

 on this subject, we shall merely notice briefly some few 

 ol these birds, selecting those which are most likely to 

 interest the reader : 



The Rook, wrvus frugilegus. "Every body knows the 



