of Sclborne 



lOI 



i6. Less recd- 

 sparrow, 



17- 

 1 8. 



19. 



Land -rail, 

 Largest 

 willow-wren, 



Goat- sucker, 

 or fern-owl, 



RAII NOMINA. 

 Passer arundinacais 

 mijtor : 



Ortygometia: 

 Reguhts noil cris- 

 tatus : 



Capri?7iulgus : 



USUALLY ArrRAKS AROUT 



A sweet polyglot, but 

 hurrying : it has tiie 

 notes of many birds. 



A loudharsli noic, ciez,c)ex. 



Cantat voce stridnld latis- 

 ta ; end of April, on 

 the tops of high beeches. 



Beginning of Klay ; chat- 

 ters by night with a 

 singular noise. 



May 12. A very mute 

 bird : this is the latest 

 summer bird of passage. 



This assemblage of curious and amusing birds belongs 

 to ten several genera of the Linncean system ; and are all 

 of the or do of passeres^ save the jynx and aiailus^ which 

 are piccB^ and the chai-adrius {pediaiejmis) and ralliis 

 {prtygoineird) which are gj'al/cB. 



These birds, as they stand numerically, belong to the 

 following Linnaean genera : 



20. Fly-catcher, Stoparola . 



1. 

 2, 6, 



13- 

 17. 



Coliimha : 

 Ralliis : 



Jynx : 



h 7, % ^^^A MotaciUa: 

 1 1, 16, 18. j 



3, 4, 5, 15. Hirtmdo: 



8. Cncuhis : 



12. Chai-adrius: 



Most soft-billed birds live on insects, and not on grain 

 and seeds ; land therefore at the end of summer they 

 retire : but the following soft-billed birds, though insect- 

 eaters, stay with us the year round : 



19. 



14. 

 20. 



Caprinnilgns : 

 A laud a: 

 Muscicapa : 



Red -breast, 

 Wren, 



RAII NOMINA. 



Ruhecula : 

 Passer troglodytes 



Hedge-sparrow, Curi'uca : 



White-wagtail, 



Yellow-wagtail, 



Grey-wagtail, 



Motacilla alha : 

 Mot a<: ilia Jl aim: 

 Alotacilla cinerca . 



These frequent houses ; and 

 haunt outbuildings in 

 the winter ; eat spiders. 



Haunt sinks for crumbs 

 and other sweepings. 



These frequent shallow 

 rivulets near the spring 

 heads, where they never 

 freeze : eat the aurelije 

 of I'hryganea. The 

 smallest birds that 

 walk. 



