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NATURAL HISTORY 



Wheatear, 



Golden-crowned 

 wren, 



(EnantJie : 



Rcgulus cristatus : 



Some of these are to be seen 

 ( with us the winter through. 1 

 Whin chat, (Enanthe secunda. 



Stone chatter, (Enanthe tertia : 



This is the smallest British 

 . bird : haunts the. tops of 

 tall trees ; stays the winter 

 I, through. 



A list of the winter birds of passage round this neigh- 

 bourhood, ranged somewhat in the order in which they 

 appear : 



This is a new migration, which 

 I have lately discovered, 

 about Michaelmas week, 

 and again about the four- 



1. Ring-ousel, Merula torquata: 



These birds, as they stand numerically, belong to the 

 following Linnsean genera : 



1, 2, 3. Turdus: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. Anas: 



4. Corvus : 15, 16. Loxia: 



5, 6, 7, Scolopax: 17= Ampelis. 

 8. Columba : 



1 See note on page 128. ED. 



