NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE. Ill 



9. Middle willow 

 wren, 



10. White-throat, 



11. Red-start, 



12. Stone-curlew, 



13. Turtle-dove, 



14. Grasshopper- 



lark, 



RAII NOMINA. USUALLY APPEARS ABOUT 



(Regulus non crista- /Middle of April : a sweet 

 \ tus. \ plaintive note. 



/Ditto : mean note ; sings 

 \ on till September. 



Ditto: more agreeable song. 

 / End of March : loud noc- 

 \ turnal whistle. 



tus. 

 Ficedula affinia. 

 Rutkilla. 

 Oedienemus. 

 Turtur. 



15. Swift, 



16. Less reed-spar- 



row. 



17. Land-ra 



18. Largest wil- 



low wren, 



19. Goat-sucker, 



or Fern-owl, 



20. Fly-catcher, Stoparola. 



( Ji-,^,^^ «,.-«o'^^ r Middle of April: a small 



I Atauda minima | ., -i i. x-n \ 



I locustcevoce 1 sibilous note, till he 



t locustcB voce. ^ end of July. 



About April 27th. 



r Passer arundinaceus ( ^ '''''^ P^^^S^^*' ^"^ ^""7" 

 -( ing : it has the notes 



(^ of many birds. 



j A loud harsh note, " crex, 



\ crex." 



• . f Cantat voce striduld locustce; 

 .risia-j gj^j ^j. ^p^.j^ ^^ ^^^ ^^pg 



(^ of high beeches. 



Beginning of May : chat- 

 ters by night with a 

 singular noise. 



May 12th : a very mute 

 bird ; this is the latest 

 summer bird of passage. 



Alauda minima 

 locustce voce. 



Hirundo apus. 



\ minor. 



Ortygomctra. 



(Regulus non 

 \ tus. 



\ Caprimulgus. 



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This assemblage of curious and amusing birds belongs 

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

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

 are piece, and the charadrius {Oedienemus) and rallus 

 {prtygometra), which are grallce. 



These birds, as they stand numerically, belong to the 

 following Linnsean genera : — 



