I02 The Natural History 



Wheat-ear 



Whin-chat 

 Stone-chatter, 

 Golden-crowned 

 wren, 



RAII NOMINA. 



Ociianthe : 



Ooianthe seainda . 

 Ocnanthe tcrtia : 

 Kei^ulus cj-isiatus . 



Some of these are to be 

 seen with us the winter 

 through. 



This is the smallest Brit- 

 ish bird : haunts the tops 

 of tall trees ; stays the 

 winter through. 



A LIST of the Winter Birds of Passage round this 

 neighbourhood^ ranged somezuhat in the order in which 

 they appear : 



I. Ring-ousel, 



RAII NOMINA. 



Mcrulatorquata : 



migration 



2. Redwing, 



3. Fieldfare, 



4. Royston- 



crow, 



5. Wood-cock, 



6. Snipe, 



Tiirdits iliactis : 

 Till das pilaris : 



Comix cinerea : 



Scot op ax : 



Gallinago viinor : 



7. Jack-snipe Gallinago minima . 



8. Wood-pigeon, Oenas : 



This is a new 



which I have lately dis 

 covered about iSIichael- 

 nias week, and again 

 about the fourteenth of 

 March. 



About old Michaelmas. 



Though a perchcr by day, 

 roosts on the ground. 



Most frequent on downs. 



Appears about old Michael- 

 mas. 



Some snipes constantly 

 breed with us. 



Seldom appears till late : 

 not in such plenty as 

 formerly. 



On some large waters. 



. ^ 



^On our lakes and streams. 



These are only wanderers 

 that appearoccasionally, 

 and are not observant of 

 any regular migration. 



