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White-wagtail, 



Yellow-wagtail^ 



Gray-wagtail, 



Wheatear, 



Whin-chat, 

 Stone-chatter, 



Golden-crowned 

 wren, 



WINTER BIRDS OF PASSAGE. 



Motacilla alba. 

 Motacilla flava. 

 Motacilla cinerea. 



Oenanthe. 



Oenanthe secunda. 

 Oenanthe tertia. 



Regulus cristatus. 



["These frequent shallow 

 rivulets, near the spring 

 heads, where they never 



1 freeze : eat the aureliae 

 of phryganea. The 

 smallest birds that 

 L walk. 

 ("Some of these are to be 



tseen with us the winter 

 through. 



This is the smallest Bri- 

 tish bird : haunts the 

 tops of tall trees ; stays 

 the winter through. 



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

 ranged somewhat in the order in which they appear. 



RAIl NOMINA. 



This is a new migration, 

 which I have lately dis- 

 covered about Michael- 

 mas week, and again 

 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. 



Some snipes constantly 

 breed with us. 



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- 

 ally, and are not obser - 

 vant of any regular 

 migration. 



