ON THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS. S83 



being insects and their larvcB, which lodge them- 

 selves at all times in the bark of trees. 



Continues here through all seasons. Kingfisher, 



Resides in this country the whole year. Nuthatch. 



Is not uncommon on the Continent; it has Bee-eater. 

 twice or thrice been seen in England, in the : v 



summer months. Ed. 



Comes to England hut by accident: we once Hoopoe. 

 indeed heai'd of a pair that attempted to make 

 their nest in a meadow at Selborne, Hampshire, 

 but were frightened away by the curiosity of 

 people. It breeds in Germany. 



Never leaves the country. ': • ■: Creeper. . 



The whole tribe, except the Quail, lives here Grous, 

 all the year round: that bird either leaves us, or 

 else retires towards the sea-coasts.* 



The Great and Lesser Bustard inhabits our Bustards. 

 downs and their neighborhood all the year ; the 

 other species is migratory. \ t - -•- 



Some few of the iim^-^^ore^ breed here ; but PIGEo^^^. ' 

 the multitude that appears in the winter, is so 

 dis proportioned to what continues here the whole 

 year, as to make it certain that the greatest part 

 quit the country in the spring. It is most pro- 

 bable they go to Sweden to breed, and return 

 from thence in autumn; as Mr. Ekmark informs . i - ' 

 us they entirely quit that country before winter, f 

 Multitudes of the . common Kock Doves also 



» Vide Vol. I. p. 367. of this work, f Aman. Acad. IV. 592. 



