NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE, 117 



The above-mentioned birds, as they stand numerically, 

 belong to the following Linnsean genera : — 



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



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



3, 4, 5, 9. 12, 15, 17,1 3^^ .^^ 22,24, 

 18,20,23,25,26, f^^otac^iia. u^ 29, 

 6, SO, Emheriza. 



Farits. 

 Loxia. 



Birds that sing as they fly are but few : — 



RATI NOMINA. 



J Rising, suspended, and 

 \ falling. 



In its descent; also sitting 

 on trees, and walking on 

 the ground. 

 / Suspended ; in hot summer 

 \ nights all night long. 

 J Sometimes from bush to 

 \ bush. 



r Uses when singing on the 

 ■| wing odd jerks and 

 y gesticulations. 



In soft sunny weatl^ er. 

 / Sometimes from bush to 

 1 bush. 



Birds thsct breed most early in these parts : — 



Raven, 



Corviis. 



f Hatches in February and 

 \ March. 



In March. 



In March. 

 /Builds the beginning of 

 \ March. 



Hatches in April, 

 f Lays the beginning of 



All birds that continue in full song till after midsummer 

 appear to me to breed more than once. 



