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thrown off at the first moultering, and then become the Brown 
Linnet; whilst the Cannabina is a rare visitant, appearing only 
in March and April with the Spinus and Linaria, and leaving us 
in August.* 
F’. domestica.—Very common. 
F’. montana.—Two instances of this bird having been met 
with in the county have come under my inspection, and from the 
season of their having been shot I have no doubt of their breeding 
here. 
F. montiwm (Ind. Orn. i. 459-84).—A solitary specimen caught 
in the timber-wharf at Reading in March, 1794, and kept alive 
the whole summer with other birds in a large cage. 
Muscicapa atricapilla.— A mutilated specimen of the male 
brought me in the spring of 1795. 
M. grisola.—Common summer visitants, breeding here. 
Motacilla luscinia.—More frequent about Reading than New- 
bury. 
M. modularis.—Very common. 
M. hippolais, M. salicaria, and M. sylvia.—Summer visitants, 
breeding here. 
M. alba, M. flava, and M. boarula.—With us the whole year. 
The male of the Flava perches in the spring only. Often seen 
on the heaths in April and May. 
M. enanthe, M. rubetra, and M. rubricollis.—Breed on the 
commons about Reading, and remain with us the whole year. 
M. atricapilla and M. phenicurus.— Breed in my garden 
constantly, the males amusing me with their melody. 
M. rubecula and M. troglodytes.--Very common all the year. 
M. regulus.—This most elegant little bird breeds with us. In 
very mild mornings in January I have often observed them in my 
garden running about the gooseberry trees in search of insects, 
much resembling the manner of the Parus ceruleus. 
M. trochilus.—Summer visitant. 
Sylvia sylvicola (Linn. Trans. vol. 11. p. 245, tab. 24; vol. iv. 
p. 35, tab. 2, egg).—This bird, described by me in the 2nd vol. 
of our ‘ Transactions, and its history more fully explained by 
Mr. Montagu in the 4th vol. of the same work, to which I 
refer the reader, is become much more common with us than 
formerly. 
* The Cannabina of Dr, Lambe was most probably the Mealy Redpoll.—Ep. 
