WINTER BIRDS OF PASSAGE. 137 



These birds, as they stand numerically, belong 

 to the following Linnsean genera : 



1, 2, 3, Turdus. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, Anas. 



4, Corvus. 15, 16, Loxia. 



5, 6, 7> Scolopajc. 17, Ampelis. 

 8, Columba. 



Birds that sing in the night are but few. 



f " In shadiest covert 

 Nightingale, Lusoma. | hid."-MiLTON. 



Woodlark, Alaudaarborea. / Sus P ended in mid 



^ air. 



Less reed-sparrow, f Per arundina- ( Among reeds and 

 ( ceus minor. \ willows. 



I shall now proceed to such birds as continue to 

 sing after Midsummer, but, as they are rather nu- 

 merous, they would exceed the bounds of this 

 paper : besides, as this is now the season [end of 

 June] for remarking on that subject, I am willing 

 to repeat my observations on some birds, concern- 

 ing the continuation of whose song I seem at pre- 

 sent to have some doubt. 



II. 



WHEN I did myself the honour to write to you, 

 about the end of last June, on the subject of na- 

 tural history, I sent you a list of the summer birds 

 of passage which I have observed in this neigh- 

 bourhood, and also a list of the winter birds of 

 passage ; I mentioned, besides, those soft-billed 

 birds that stay with us the winter through in the 

 south of England, and those that are remarkable 

 for singing in the night. 



According to my proposal, I shall now proceed 

 to such birds (singing birds, strictly so called) as 



