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Birds that cease to be in full song, and are usually silent 

 at or before Midsummer : 



BAII NOMINA. 



17. Middle wil- ) Regulus non cris- j Middle of June: begins in 



low wren, f tatus : ( April. 



18. Redstart, Ruticilla : Ditto: begins in May. 



19. Chaffinch, Fringilla \ **ig f J e : ?* "* 



} in February. 



- -VT. , ,. , T . . ( Middle of June: sino-s first 



20. Nightingale, Luscima: 1 . ^ ^ 



Birds that sing for a short time, and very early in the 

 spring : 



'January 2, 1770, in February. 

 Is called in Hampshire and 

 Sussex the storm-cock, be- 



21. Missel-bird, Turdus viscivorus : 



cause its song is supposed 



to forebode windy wet wea- 

 ther : is the largest sing- 

 ing bird we have. 



22. Great tit- f In February, March, April: 



mouse or ox- \ Fringillago : I reassumes for a short time 



eye, j I in September. 



Birds that have somewhat of a note or song, and yet are 

 hardly to be called singing birds : 



f Its note as minute as its per- 



J son ; frequents the tops of 

 : < , . , ^ , r ,, 

 ed wren, ) high oaks and firs : the 



23. Golden-crown- \ J son ; frequents the tops of 



r 



\ 



f Regul 



) 



us cnstatus : 



smallest British bird. 



24. Marsh tit- } ( Haunts great woods : two 



f Parus palustns { , -, 

 mouse, ) ( harsh sharp notes. 



25. Small willow- \ Regulus non cris- ( Sings in March, and on to Sep- 



wren, f tatus : ( tember. 



,%'.,, ( Cantat voce stridula locustce; 



26. Largest ditto, Ditto : 1 * -, f * ., 



| from end of April to August. 



f Chirps all night, from the 



27. Grasshopper- ) Alauda minima ^^ f ^ tQ the end 



lark, f voce locust: -| ofjulj 



( All the breeding time : from 



28. Martin, Hirundo agrestis : | Maj ^ Sept | mbei , 



29. Bullfinch, Pyrrhula. 



. ,j ,. ( From the end of January to 



30. Bunting, Emberiza alba 1 T , 



( July. 



All singing birds, and those that have any pretensions to 



