io6 The Natural History 



to song, not only in Britain, but perhaps the world through, 

 come under the Linnaean ordo of passeres. 



The above-mentioned birds, as they stand numerically, 

 belong to the following Linnaean genera. 



1, 7, 10, 27. 



2, II, 21. 



3, 4, 5, 9, 12, 15. 



17, 18, 20, 23, 25, 26. 

 6, 30. 



Alauda : 

 Tardus : 



\ Motacilla : 



Ember iza : 



8, 28 Hirtmdo : 



I3i 16, 19. Fringilla: 



Parus : 



22, 24. 



14, 29. 



Loxia . 



Birds that sing as they fly are but few : 



RAII NOMIXA. 



Rising, suspended, and 



falling. 

 In its descent ; also sitting 



on trees, and walking on 



the ground. 

 Suspended ; in hot summer 



nights all night long. 

 Sometimes from bush to 



bush. 

 Uses when singing on the 



wing odd jerks and ges- 

 ticulations. 

 In soft sunny weather. 

 Sometimes from bush to 



bush. 



Birds that breed most early in these parts : 



Raven, 



Song- thrush, 



Blackbird, 



Rook, 



Woodlark, 

 Ring-dove, 



Corvus : 



Turdus : 

 Merula : 

 Comix frugilega : 



Alauda arbor ea : 

 Palumbus torqua- 

 tus : 



Hatches in February and 



March. 

 In March. 

 In March. 

 Builds the beginning of 



March. 

 Hatches in April. 

 Lays the beginning of 



April. 



All birds that continue in full song till after Midsummer 

 appear to me to breed more than once. 



Most kinds of birds seem to me to be wdld and shy 

 somewhat in proportion to their bulk ; I mean in this 

 island, where they are much pursued and annoyed : but 



