140 SINGING BIRDS. 



RAII NOMINA. 



C Its note as minute as 



23. Golden- ~) \ its person ; frequents 

 crown- \. Regulus cristatus. s the tops of high oaks 

 edwren, J i and firs ; the smallest 



V. British bird. 



f Haunts great woods; 



24. Marsh titmouse, Parus palustris. < two harsh sharp 



(. notes. 



25. Small willow- ? Regulus non 4 Sings in March, and 

 wren, J cristatus. \ on to September. 



{Cantat voce stridula 

 locustte ; from end 

 of April to August. 



27. Grasshopper \ Alauda minima f Chi 7 pS *!}, ?j ght f f f m 



ri V J the middle of April 



lark, / voce locust*. j to the end of July. 



( All the breeding time ; 



28. Martin, Hirundo agrestis. < from May to Sep- 



^ tember. 



29. Bullfinch, Pyrrhula. 



on T> *.- (From the end of Ja- 



30. Bunting, Embenza alba. | nuary to July. 



All singing birds, and those that have any pre- 

 tensions to song, not only in Britain, but perhaps 

 the world through, come under the Linnsean ordo 

 ofpasseres. 



The above-mentioned birds, as they stand nume- 

 rically, belong to the following Linnsean genera : 



1, 7, 10, 27, 4lauda. 8, 28, Hirundo. 



2, 11, 21, Turdus. 13, 16, 19, Fringilla. 



i8223,25,26, Motacilla ' 22 ' 24 ' 

 6, 30, Emberiza. 14, 29, Loxia. 



Birds that sing as they fly are but few : 



RAII NOMINA. 



C Rising, suspended, 

 Skylark, Alauda vulgans. ^ an | falling. 



