116 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE. 



Birds that sing for a short time, and very early in the 



spring : 



EAII NOMINA. 



21. Missel-bird, Turdus mscivoruj. 



22 - 



f January 2nd, 1770, in 

 February. Is called in 

 Hampshire and Sussex 

 the storm-cock, because 

 its song is supposed to for- 

 bode windy wet weather ; 

 it is the largest singing 

 bird we have. 



( In February, March, April; 



-I reassumes for a short 



^ time in September. 



Birds that have somewhat of a note or song, and yet are 

 hardly to be called singing birds : 



23. Golden-crown- 

 ed wren, 



j- Eegulus cristatus. 



24. Marsh-titmouse 



nail wi 

 wren, 



26. Largest ditto 



(Its note as minute as its 

 person ; frequents the 

 tops of high oaks and firs ; 

 the smallest British bird. 

 f Haunts great woods ; two 

 \ harsh sharp notes. 



25. Small willow- Rcgulus non cris- ( Sings in March, and on to 



\ September. 

 ( Cantat vocestriduld locustcc ; 

 -j from end of April to 

 ^ August. 



tatus. 

 Ditto, 



27. Grasshopper- 



lark, 



28. Martin, 



29. Bullfinch, 



30. Bunting, 



Hirundo agrestis. 



Pyrrhula. 

 Emberiza alba. 



end of July. 

 / All the breeding time ; from 

 \ May to September. 



( From the end of January to 

 t July. 



All singing birds, and those that have any pretensions to 

 song, not only in Britain, but perhaps the world through, 

 come- under the Linnsean ordo of passer es* 



