6 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE 



13. Goldfinch, 



14. Greenfinch, 



15. Less reed-sparrow, 



RAII NOMINA. 



, .. ( April, and through to September 



Carduehs. -J ^ 



Chloris. On to July and August 2. 



( Passer arundinaceus j May on to beginning of July. 



/ Breeds and whistles on till August; 

 re-assumes its note when they 



16. Common-linnet, Linaria vulgaris. < 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, 



18. Redstart, 



19. Chaffinch, 



20. Nightingale, 



Reguhis non cristatus.* 

 Ruticilla. 



Fringilla. 

 Luscinia. 



Middle of June : begins in April. 

 Ditto : begins in May. 

 Beginning of June : sings first in 



February. 

 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. 



Turd-us visci-vorus. 



> Fringillago. 



'January 2, 1770, in February. Is 

 called in Hampshire and Sussex 

 the storm-cock, because its song 

 is supposed to forebode 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 : 



RAII NOMINA. 



23. Golden-crowned 



wren, 



24. Marsh-titmouse, 



25. Small willow-wren, 



26. Largest ditto, 



27. Grasshopper-lark, 



28. Martin, 



29. Bullfinch, 



30. Bunting, 



/ Its note as minute as its person ; 

 J frequents the tops of high oaks 

 j and firs : the smallest British 

 ( bird. 



( Haunts great woods : two harsh 

 1 sharp notes. 



Regulus non cristatus* \ Sin S s in March and on to Sep- 

 ( tember. 



J Cantat voce stridula locusta ; 

 ( from end of April to August. 

 Chirps all night, from the middle 



of April to the end of July. 

 ( All the breeding time ; from May 

 \ to September. 



1 Regulus cristatus. 



Parus palustris. 

 Regulus 



Ditto.* 



( Alauda minima -voce 

 ( locus tee. 5 



Hirundo agrestis. 



Pyrrhula. 

 Emberiza alba. 



From the end of January to July. 



1 See p. 2, note 3. [R. B. S.] 

 3 See p. i, note 4. [R. B. S.] 



6 See p. 2, note 2. [R. B.'s.] 



2 See p. 2, note I. [R. B. S.] 

 4 See p. 2, note 4. [R. B. S.] 



