NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE. 



91 



11 n,.aa Q i,,vr, >.io i 



14. Grasshopper-lark, 



15. Swift, 



RAII NOMINA. USUALLY APPEARS ABOUT 



/ Alauda minima locustce ( Middle April : a small sibilous 



I wcg< j note, till the end of July. 

 Hirundo apus. About April 27. 



17. Land-rail, 



Ortygometm. 



, a T , .,, , 



18. Largest willow- \ ReguLus non cr istatus. 

 wren 



l 

 ^ 



19. Goatsucker, or 



fern-owl, 



20. Fly-catcher, 



Stoparola. 



A loud harsh note, crex, crex. 

 (Cantat voce striduld locustce ; 

 \ end of April, on the tops of 

 ( high beeches. 

 J Beginning of May: chatters by 

 j ^ght ^ it h a singular noise. 

 ? May 12 : a very mute bird ; this 

 4 is the latest summer bird 

 ( of passage. 



This assemblage of curious and amusing birds belongs to ten several 

 genera of the Linnaean system ; and are all of the ordo of passeres save 

 the Jynx and Cuculus, which are jpt'oe, and the Charadrius ((Edicnemus) 

 and Rallm (Ortygometra), which are grcdlce. 



These birds, as they stand numerically, belong to the following 

 Linneean genera : 



Jynx. 

 2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 16, 18, Motacilla. 



3, 4, 5, 15, 

 8, 

 12, 



Himndo. 



Cuculus. 



Charadrius. 



13. Columba. 

 17. Rallus. 



19. Caprimulgus. 



14. Alauda. 



20. Musdcapa. 



Most soft-billed birds live on insects, and not on grain and 

 seeds ; and therefore at ttie end of summer they retire : but the 

 following soft-billed birds, though insect-eaters, stay with us the 

 year round : 



RAII NOHINA. 



"These frequent houses; and 



Hadge-spa^w, 



White-wagtail, 

 Yellow-wagtail, 

 Grey-wagtail, 



-rrr. ao 



Wheat-ear, 



Whin-chat, 

 Stone-chatter, 



Motacilla alba. 

 Motacilla flava. 

 Motacilla cinerea. 



m ,,, 

 (Enanthe. 



(Enanthe secunda. 

 (Enanthe tertia. 



Golden-crowned wren, Regulus cristatus. 



{ , , 



/These frequent shallow rivulets 

 [ near the spring heads, where 

 < they never freeze: eat the 

 aureliaef of Phryganea. The 

 (.smallest bu-ds that walk. 

 _f Some of these are to be seen 

 wintgr through . 



( This is the smallest British bird : 

 < haunts the tops of tall trees ; 

 ( stays the winter through. 



A LIST OP THE WINTER BIRDS OF PASSAGE ROUND .THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD, 



RANGED SOMEWHAT IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY APPEAR. 



RAII NOMINA. 



l.Bing.ouse,, 

 2. Eedwing, 



Turdus iliacus. 



/This is a new migration, which 



J SSt 

 V, about the 14th of March. 

 About old Michaelmas. 



