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RATI NOMINA. 



4. Royston-crow, Comix cinerea. 



5. Woodcock, Scolopax. 



6. Snipe, 



7. Jack-snipe, 



8. Wood -pigeon, 



9. Wild-swan, 



10. Wild-goose, 



11. Wild-duck, 



12. Pochard, 



13. Widgeon, 



14. Teal, breeds -j 



with us L^ , , 



in Wolmer iQ^rquedula. 



Forest, j 



15. Cross-beak, Coccolhraustes. 



16. Cross-bill, Loxia. 



17. Silk-tail, Garrulus holicim'cus. 



GalUnago minor. 



Gallinago minima. 



Oenas. 



Cygnus ferns. 

 Anser ferus. 

 Anas torqimta minor. 

 Anas f era fusca. 

 Penelope. 



Alost frequent on downs. 

 /Appears about old 



\ Michaelmas. 

 / Some snipes constantly 

 \ breed with us. 



/ Seldom appears till late ; 

 \ not so plenty as formerly. 

 On some large waters. 



^ On our lakes and streams. 



These are only wanderers 

 til at appear occasionally, 

 and are not observant 

 of any regular migration. 



These birds, as they stand numerically, belong to the 

 following Linnsean genera : — 



1, 2, 3, Turdus. 



4, Cormis. 



5, 6, 7, Scolopax. 

 8. Columha. 



9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, Anas. 



15, 16, 

 17. 



Loxia. 

 Ampelis. 



Birds that sing in the night are but few : — 



Nightingale, Luscinia. -j 



Woodlark, 



Less reed-sparrow, 



Alauda arbor ea. 

 ^ Tasser arundinaceus 



In shadiest covert hid." 

 — Milton. 

 Suspended in mid air. 



[•Among reeds and 



willow! 



I should now proceed to such birds as continue to sing 

 after midsummer, but, as they are rather numerous, they 

 would exceed the bounds of this paper ; besides, as this is 



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