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WINTER BIRDS OF PASSAGE. 



White-wagtail, 



Yellow-wagtail, 



Gray-wagtail, 



Wheatear, 



Whin-chat, 

 Stone-chatter, 



Golden-crowned 

 wren, 



Motacilla alba. 

 Motacilla flava. 

 Motacilla cinerea. 



Oenanthe. 



Oenanthe secunda. 

 Oenanthe tertia. 



Regulus cristatus. 



f These frequent shallow 

 rivulets, near the spring 

 heads, where they never 

 freeze : eat the aurelise 

 of phryganea. The 

 smallest birds that 



u walk. 



("Some of these are to be 

 J seen with us the winter 



(_ through. 



This is the smallest Bri- 

 tish bird : haunts the 

 tops of tall trees ; stays 

 the winter through. 



1. Ringousel, 



2. Redwing, 



3. Fieldfare, 



4. Royston-crow, 



5. Woodcock, 



6. Snipe, 



7. Jack-snipe, 



8. Wood-pigeon, 



i 



A List of the Winter Birds of Passage round this neighbourhood, 

 ranged somewhat in the order in which they appear. 



("This is a new migration, 

 which I have lately dis- 

 covered about Michael- 

 mas week, and again 



L about March the 14th. 

 About old Michaelmas. 



{Though a percher by day, 

 roosts on the ground. 

 Most frequently on downs. 

 ("Appears about old Mi- 

 \ chaelmas. 

 f Some snipes constantly 

 I breed with us. 



RAII NOMINA. 



Merula torquata. 



Turdus iliacus. 

 Turdus pilaris. 

 Cornix cinerea. 

 Scolopax. 



Gallinago minor. 

 Gallinago minima. 



Oenas. 

 Cygnus ferus. 



lus feru 

 Anser ferus. 



{Anas torquata mi- 

 nor. 



Anas fera fusca. 

 Penelope. 



9. Wild-swan, 



10. Wild-goose. 



11. Wild-duck, 



12. Pochard, 



13. Widgeon, 



14. Teal, breeds with') 



us in Wolmer > Querquedula. 

 Forest, ) 



15. Crossbeak, Coccothraustes. 



16. Crossbill, Loxia. 

 ,.,., f Garrulus Bohemi 



17. Silk-tail, 



f Seldom appears till late; 

 not in such plenty as 

 (, formerly. 

 On some large waters. 



} On our lakes and streams, 



! 



("These are only wanderers 

 that appear occasion- 



<j ally, and are not obser- 

 vant of any regular 



(_ migration. 



