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NATURAL HISTORY 



in the order in which they first begin to open as the spring 

 advances. 



1. Woodlark, 



2. Song-thrush, 



3. Wren, 



4. Redbreast, 



5. Hedge spar- 



row, 



6. Yellowham- 



mer, 



7. Skylark, 



8. Swallow, 



9. Blackcap, 



10. Titlark, 1 



11. Blackbird, 



12. Whitethroat, 



13. Goldfinch, 



14. Greenfinch, 



15. Less reed 



sparrow, 



16. Common lin- 



net, 



KAII NOMINA. 



Alauda arbor ea : 



Turdus simpliciter 

 dictus : 



Passer troglo- 

 dytes : 

 Eubecula: 



Curruca : 



Eniberiza flava : 



Alauda vulgaris : 

 Hirundo domesti- 



ca : 

 Atricapilla : 



Alauda pratorum : 



Merula vulgaris: 



Ficedula affinis: 

 Carduelis : 



Chloris: 



Passer arundina- 

 ceus minor : 



Linaria vulgaris : - 



( In January, and continues to 

 \ sing through all the summer 

 ^ 



and autumn. 

 ( In February, and on to 

 < August, reassume their 

 ( song in autumn. 

 j All the year, hard frost ex- 

 ( cepted. 



Ditto. 



j Early in February, to July 

 | the 10th. 



j Early in February, and on 

 I through July to Aug. 21st. 



In February, and on to Oct. 



! From April to September. 



Beginning of April to July 13. 

 j From middle of April to July 

 ( the 16th. 



( Sometimes in February and 

 \ March, and so on to July 

 [ 23rd, reassumes in autumn. 

 In April, and on to July 23rd. 

 ( April, and through to Sep- 

 \ tember 16. 

 On to July and August 2nd. 

 May, on to beginning of 



July. 



( Breeds and whistles on till Au- 

 gust; reassumes its note 

 when they begin to congre- 

 gate in October, and again 

 early before the flocks se- 

 parate. 



1 Gilbert White, it would seem, did not clearly distinguish the tree 

 pipit, Anthus arboreus, which he calls the titlark, from the meadow 

 pipit, Anthus pratensis, which is the titlark of other authors. The 

 former is a migratory bird, arriving in April and leaving in September, 

 and a good songster (see p. 117) ; the latter is found here through- 

 out the year, though many go southward for the winter, and is a very 

 poor songster. The former, as its name implies, lives chiefly in trees ; 

 the latter lives almost entirely on the ground, and in its habits and 

 mode of feeding closely resembles the wagtail. ED. 



