OF SELBORNE. 



203 



15. IjCss reed-spar- 

 row, 



16. Common linnet, 



5 Passer ai-undina- } May, on to beginning of 

 \ ceus 7ninor : ^ y July. 



r reeds and whistles on 

 till August ; i;eassumes 

 its note when they 

 begin to congregate 

 in October, and again 

 early before the flocks 

 separate. 



Birds that cease to be in full song, and 

 are usually silent at or before Midsummer : 



17. Middle willow 

 wren, 



18. Redstart, 



19. Chaffinch, 



20. Nightingale. 



< Regulus non oris- i JNIiddle of Jane : begins 

 ( tatiis : ) ill A/iril. 



Ruticilla : 



Fringilla ■ 



Luscinia . 



Ditto : begins in May. 



S Beginning of June •■ sings 

 f ^rst in February. 



]\Iiddle of June : sings 

 first in April. 



Birds that sing for a short time, and 

 very early in the Spring : 



21. Missel-bird, 



22. Great titmouse, P Pringillago : 

 or ox-eye, S » ° 



''January tlie 2nd, 1770, 

 ■ in February. Is called 

 in Hampshire and Sus- 

 sej; the storm-cock, be- 

 Turdus viscivorus X cause its song is sup- 

 posed to forebode windy 

 wet weather: is the 

 largest singing bird we 

 have. 

 In February, March, 

 April : reassuraes for 

 a short time in Sep^ 

 tember. 



