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nidulatur in Cuniculorum foveis, & sub lapide in Anglia 

 Turn. 



[Tlie Wlieatear — also on p. 178 as CEnanthe. Cf. Turner 

 (p. 53), Clot (bird) = Clod. Clod bird for clodhopper {cf. 

 Swainson, p. 10). The account of the Wheatear's nesting in 

 rabbit burrows is derived from Turner (p. 53).] 



Insectivorce. 



Picus viridis, the Green Wood pecker, or Hickwall, I. 110. 

 t. 41. Aid. 1. 849. G. 642. Chlorion, Virio, a Witwoll, Turn. 



Picus varius major, I. 110. t. 41. Aid. 846. 



Picus varius minor & mas, I. ib. Aid. 1. 847. 



Picus murarius, the Creeper, or Wall-Creeper, 1. ib. Aid. 

 1. 852. G. 644. 



[Merrett distinguishes this bird from the Tree-Creeper, 

 which he refers to as " Certhia, the Ox-eye Creeper." 

 Willughby (p. 143) says : " They say it is found in England ; 

 but we have not as yet had the hap to meet ^vith it." Turner 

 does not mention the Wall-Creeper, but there is no reason 

 why Merrett should not be correct in including it in his list 

 of British birds {cf. Saunders' Manual of British Birds, p. 119, 

 and Gilbert White's Vlllth letter to Marsham, in Harting's 

 second edition of the Natural History of Selhorne). Charleton 

 (p. 86) calls this bird the " Creeper, or Spider Catcher," which 

 latter name Willughby also adopts.] 



Picus Cinereus, I. 110. t. 41. Sitta seu Picus Cinereus Aid. 

 1. 853. 



[The Nuthatch, cf. Willughby (p. 143). " Gaza* retains the 

 same name, calling it ' in Latina, Sitta.' Later writers 

 style it Picus cinereus, i.e., the ash-coloured Woodpecker." 

 Charleton calls it the "Nut-breaker," or "Nut-jobber."]. 



Juynx, seu Torquilla, the Wryneck, I. 114. t. 42. Aid. 1. 

 866. G. 515. 



[Charleton calls this bird the " Wrynecken," or " Emmet- 

 hunter."] 



Certhia, the Ox-eye Creeper, I. 114. t. 42. Aid. 2. 870. Certhia 

 Turn. G. 223. 



[For explanation of name Creeper cf. Turner (p. 53).] 



Passer Troglodytes, a Wren, I. ib. Aid. 2. 651. G. 588. 

 Trochilus, Senator, Regulus Turn. 



Curruca, the Hedge Sparrow, G. 326. Aid. 2. 753. Hypolais 

 seu Curruca, I. 122. t. 45. 



* Theodorus Gaza, ob. 1480. The translator of Aristotle's " History 

 of Animals" into Latin from the original Greek. 



