OF SELBORNE. 



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19. Goatsucker, 



Middle of April : a small si- 

 bilous note, till the end of 

 July. 



About April 27. 



A sweet polyglot, but hurry- 

 ing : it has the notes of 

 many birds. 



A loud harsh note, crex, crex. 



" Cantat voce striduld locus - 

 tee:" end of April, on the 

 tops of high beeches. 



Beginning of May : chatters 

 by night with a singular 

 noise. 



May 12. A very mute bird : 

 this is the latest summer 

 bird of passage. 



This assemblage of curious and amusing birds belongs to 

 ten several genera of the Linnasan system ; and are all of 

 the Or do of Passer es, save the Jynx and Guculus, which are 

 Piece, and the Charadrius (CEdicnemus] and Rallus (Orty- 

 gometra) , which are Grallce. 



These birds, as they stand numerically, belong to the 

 following Linnaean genera : 



tsucker, ) . 



fernowl, } Capnmulgus : 



20. Flycatcher, 



Stoparola : 



1. 



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



3, 4, 5, 15. 

 8. 



12. 



Jynx: 13. Columba: 



Motacilla: 17. Rallus: 



Hirundo: 19. Caprimulgus: 



Cuculus: 14. Alauda: 



Charadius: 20. Muscicapa: 



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

 and seeds; and therefore at the end of summer they 

 retire ; but the following soft-billed birds, though insect- 

 eaters, stay with us the year round : 



BAII NOMINA. 



Rubecula : 

 Passer troglo- 

 dytes : 



Curruca: 



Redbreast, 

 Wren, 



Hedge sparrow, 



White wagtail, 

 Yellow wagtail, 

 Gray wagtail, 



Motacilla alba : 

 Motacilla flava : 

 Motacilla cinerea. 



These frequent houses; and 

 haunt out-buildings in the 

 winter : eat spiders. 



Haunt sinks for crumbs and 

 other sweepings. 



These frequent shallow rivu- 

 lets near the spring heads, 

 where they never freeze : 

 eat the aureliae of Phry- 

 ganea. The smallest birds 

 that walk. 



