72 SINGING BIRDS. 



24. Marsh titmouse, Pans pduslrit. i Haunts great woods ; two 



\ harsh, sharp notes. 



25. Small willow- \ Regulus non crista- f Sings in March, and on 



wren, / tus. \ to September. 



C Cantat voce stridula lo- 



26. Largest do. 7>o. -J custo ; from end of 



t April to August. 



. July. 



28. M,,e E , ^,, B <fc^, fi 



29. Bullfinch, Pyrrhula. * 



30. Bunting, JEfeferfea aZfca. { ^Juty.^ ^ JanUar/ 



All singing birds, and those that have any pretensions to 

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

 under the Linnaean ordo of passeres. 



The above-mentioned birds, as they stand numerically, 

 belong to the following Linnasan genera : 



1, 7, 10, 27, Alauda. 8, 28, Hirundo. 



2,11,21, Turdus. 13,16,19, Fringilla. 



3, 4, 5, 9, 1 2, 15, 1 7, \ Motacina 22, 24, Parus. 



18, 20, 23, 25, 26, ] MotacilLa - 14, 29 , Loxia. 

 6, 30, Emberiza. 



Birds that sing as they fly are but few : 



RAII NOMINA. 



Skylark, Alauda vulgar is. { Ri S g . SUSpended ' and 



r In its descent ; also sitting 

 Titlark, Alauda pratorum. 4 on trees, and walking 



(^ on the ground. 



T Suspended; in hot sum- 

 Woodlark, Alauda arborea. < mer nights, all night 



(. long. 



Blackbird, Merula. ^b^ ^^ bUl1 ^ 



* Both male and female bullfinches sing ; their notes are n 

 varied, but possess a degree of simple wildness, which is delive 

 low, but pleasing strain. The call note is very audible, and 



their notes are not much 

 ness, which is delivered in a 

 is very audible, and greatly 



resembles the action of metallic substances against each other. In a 

 domesticated state, these birds are capable of attaining various tunes in a 

 high degree of perfection. We have heard them singing, with much 

 exactness, " Braw, braw lads o' Gala Water," and other melodies. ^ In 

 Germany, they are taught a variety of waltzes. Our friend, William 

 Sharp, Esq. Cononsyth, near Montrose, has one of these foreign birds, 

 which sings several difficult waltzes and airs in a beautiful manner. ED. 



