BIR 



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BIS 



The wagtails, particularly the yellow 

 one, (Mataciilaflava,) feed wholly on in- 

 sects, particularly gnats, midges, and 

 other flies that tease cattle. They will 

 also follow the spade, to feed upon the 

 worms and grubs turned up ; and, in 

 this way, no doubt, thousands of wire- 

 worms and other destructive vermin are 

 effectually destroyed. The treo-pipet, or tit- 

 lark (Anthus arboreus), and the meadow- 

 pipet (A, pratensis}, are common hedge- 

 birds , which search busily after the au- 

 tumnal hatches of caterpillars and grubs, 

 or the smaller flies and beetles, which 

 they find among the herbage. The 

 cuckoo, the common fly-catcher, and the 

 flusher, or lesser butcher-bird, may be 

 classed among the insectivorous-feeding 



birds. To these many other hedge-birds 



might be added, such as the nightjar, j Purse.) 



the sedge-bird, the wryneck, the creeper, : AH hardy. 



and the bottle-tit, none of which are in : the perennial 



the least destructive ; while, from their i Coinu n soil. 



feeding exclusively, or nearly so, on in- j 



sects, they are of much service in dimi- ! B. ambi'gua (doubtful). 



nishing the number of such as are in- j Italv - 



jurious to field and garden crops. 



finch, the mountain-finch, the bullfinch, 

 the house-sparrow, and the tree-sparrow. 



BIRD CHERRY. Ce' rasus pa' dus. 



BIRD PEPPER. Ca'psicum bacca'tum. 



BIRD'S BILL. Tngone'lla ornitkopod** 

 oi'des. 



BIRD'S EYE. Pri'mnlafarino'sa. 



BIRD'S FOOT. Ortliino'pus and Etir 

 pho'rbia ortJdno'pus. 



BIRD'S-FOOT TREFOIL. Lo'tus. 



BIRD'S NEST. Asple'nium ni'dus. 



BIRD'S TONGUE. Ornitkoglo'ssum. 



BIRTHWORT Arislolu' chia. 



BISCUTE'LLA. Buckler Mustard. (From 

 bis, double, or twice, and scutella, a saucer; 

 in reference to the shape of the seed- 

 vessel when bursting. Nat. ord., Cruci- 

 fers [Brassicacese]. Linn., 15-Tetrady- 

 Allied to Thlaspe, or Shepherd's 



The annuals, by seed in March ; 

 the perennials, by division then or in September. 



INSECT-EATING BIRDS WHICH EAT FRUIT 

 OR SEEDS. 



These are the common wren, the 

 Ledge-sparrow, or dunnock, the redbreast, 

 the redstart, the tom-tit, the Cole-tit, the j ~ raphanifo'lia (radish-leaved). 



marsh-tit, and the greater-tit. The weeds! - 3 ^' ****' 18 ' 22 ' 



and insects which these birds destroy 

 will, however, certainly more than com- 

 pensate for the few heads of grain, the 

 flower-seeds, or small fruit which they 

 may occasionally pilfer. 



PERENNIALS. 



f. Yellow. June. 



Yellow. 



1. Yellow. June. 

 June. 



coronopifo'lia (buckthorn-leaved). 



June. Italy. 1790. 

 ' IcKvi^a'ta. (smooth-podded) 



" Italy. 1777- 

 j -- alpe'stris (alpine). 1. Yellow. 



Hungary. 1816. 



longifc'lia (long-leaved). Switzerland. 1832. 



monta'na (mountain). 1. Yellow. Spain. 1823. 



Yellow. 



PBUIT-EATINO BIRDS, WHICH ALSO FEED 

 ON INSECTS. 



saxa'tilis (rock). 1. Yellow. June. South 



Europe. 1821. 



sempervi'rens (evergreen). 1. Yellow. June. 



Spain. 1784. 



stenophy'lla (narrow-leaved). 1. Yellow. 



June. Spain. 1826. 



ANNUALS. 

 B. cilia'ta (hair-fringed). 1. 



South of France. 



J Colu'mnce (Columna's). 



Yellow. 

 1820. 

 1. Yellow. 



June. 



f June. 



In this list are the black-cap, babillard, j South of Italy. '1823. 



(Cnrruca garrula,) the garden-warbler, depre'ssa (depressed). 4. Yellow. June. 

 the whitethroat, the > missel-thrush, the | -i yra > t a^lllalld}. 14. Yellow, July. 

 song-thrush, the blackbird, and the Spain. 1799. 



Starling. I mari'iima (sea). lj. Yellow. June. Naples. 



1824. 



DECIDEDLY DESTRUCTIVE BIRDS. 



The greater portion of those to be 

 enumerated are exclusively grain-eaters, 

 and make no return for their depreda- 

 tions by destroying insects, though they 

 no doubt contribute to keep down the 

 diffusion of weeds by the quantity of 

 seeds which they devour. The goldfinch^ 

 the yellow-hammer, the cirl-bunting, the 

 ,reed-bunting, the corn-bunting, the sky- 

 lark, the woodlark, the linnet, the chaf- 



| BISE'RULA. Hatchet Vetch. (From 

 i bis, twice, and serrula, a saw ; in refer- 

 I ence to the seed-pods being armed with 



teeth. Nat ord., Leguminous Plants [Fa- 



bacese]. Linn., 17-Diadelphia k-Decan- 



dria. Allied to Astragalus.) 



Hardy annual. Seeds in April or September. 



Sandy soil. 



B, pelefcinia (bastard-eorM-tfeerf). 1. Purple. 

 July. South Europe. l6<0. 



