I04 The Natural History 



what in the order in which they first begin to open as the 

 spring advances. 



RAII NOMINA. 



I. Woodlark, Alaiida arborea : 



2. Song-thrush, 



3. Wren, 



4. Red-breast, 



5. Hedge- 



sparrow, 



6. Yellowham- 



mer, 



7. Skylark, 



8. Swallow, 



9. Black-cap, 



10. Titlark, 



11. Blackbird, 



Turdiis simpliciter 

 diet us : 



Passer b-oglodytes : 



Rubecula : 

 Curruca : 



Eniberizajlava : 



Alauda vulgaris : 



Hirundo domestica: 

 Atricapilla : 



Alatida pratorum : 



Iile)'ula vulgaris : 



In January, and continues 



to sing through all the 



summer and autumn. 

 In February and on to 



August, reassume their 



song in autumn. 

 All the year, hard frost 



excepted. 

 Ditto. 

 Early in February to July 



the loth. 

 Early in February, and on 



through July to August 



the 2lst. 

 In February, and on to 



October. 

 From April to September. 

 Beginning of April to July 



I3ih. 

 From middle of April to 



July the l6th. 

 Sometimes in February 



and March, and so on 



to July the twenty-third ; 



reassumes in autumn. 

 In April and on to July 



April and through to Sep- 

 tember 16. 



C~)n to July and August 2. 



May, on to beginning of 

 July. 



Breeds and whistles on till 

 August ; reassumes its 

 note when they begin to 

 congregate in October, 

 and again early before 

 the flock separate. 



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

 silent at or before Midsummer : 



17. Middle Regulus non cris- Middle of June : begins in 



willow-wren, tatus : April. 



12. White-throat, Ficedula affinis : 



13. Goldfinch, Carduclis : 



14, Greenfinch, 



15, Less reed- 



sparrow, 



16, Common 



linnet, 



Chloris : 



Passer arundina- 



ceus tniiior : 

 Linaria vulgaris , 



