NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE. Ill 



. BAII NOMINA. TJSTJALLY APPEARS ABOUT 



9. Middle willow- fEegulus non crista- /Middle of April : a sweot 

 wren, \ tus. \ plaintive note. 



10. White-throat,- Ficedula affinls. P^LJ***^ n v 6 ; sing3 



\ on till September. 



11. Red-start, Euticilla. Ditto : more agreeable song. 



12. Stone-curlew, Oedicnemus. -f End of March : loud noc- 



turnal whistle. 



13. Turtle-dove, Turtur. 



14. Grasshopper- (Alauda minima [ Mi( * d ! e of April : a small 



lark, locust* wee. \ sibiloiw note, till he 



\ end of July. 



15. Swift, Hirundo apus. About April 27th. 



16. Less reed-spar- f Passer arundinaceus f A sweet polyglot, but 



row, \ minor. 1 "} : lfc ^ a , s the 



^ 01 many birds. 



17. Land-ra Ortygomctra. | A ^ ud ,l iarsh note * ' crox * 



18. Largest wil- ( Regulus non CT i sta ,(Gantatvocestriduldlocustce; 



low wren, \ tus. end of April on the tops 



^ of high beeches. 



singular noise. 

 TMay 12th: a very mute 



20, Fly-catcher, Stoparola. \ bird ; this is the latest 



summer bird of passage. 



f 



This assemblage of curious and amusing birds belongs 

 to ten several genera of the Linnaean system ; and are all 

 of the ordo of passeres save the jynx and cuculus, which 

 are piece, and the charadrius (Oedicnemus) and rallus 

 (ortygometra), which are grallce. 



These] birds, as they stand numerically, belong to the 

 following Linnsean genera : 



1, Jynx. 17. Columba. 



2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 16, 18, Motacilla. 13. Rallus. 



8, 4, 5, 15, Hirundo. 19. Caprimulgus. 



8. Cuculus. 14. Alauda. 



12. Charadrius. 20. Muscicapa. 



