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  THE 
  SINGING 
  HAUNTS 
  AND 
  HABITS 
  OF 
  SOME 
  

   BRITISH 
  BIRDS. 
  

  

  By 
  W. 
  Gyngell. 
  

  

  Some 
  notes 
  having 
  recently 
  appeared 
  in 
  ' 
  The 
  Zoologist 
  ' 
  

   on 
  the 
  singing 
  of 
  birds 
  on 
  house-tops 
  and 
  at 
  night, 
  the 
  follow- 
  

   ing 
  personal 
  observations 
  on 
  the 
  singing 
  of 
  birds 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  

   interest 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Birds 
  that 
  sing 
  in 
  high 
  trees 
  : 
  — 
  Mistle-Thrush 
  (Turdus 
  visci- 
  

   voi'us), 
  Song-Thrush 
  (T. 
  musicus), 
  Blackbird 
  (T. 
  merula), 
  Redstart 
  

   (Rutieilla 
  pJicenicurus), 
  Robin 
  (Erithacus 
  rubecula), 
  Blackcap 
  

   (Sylvia 
  atricapilla) 
  , 
  Garden-Warbler 
  (S.hortensis), 
  Golden-crested 
  

   Wren 
  (Reguhis 
  cristatus), 
  Chiffchaff 
  (Phylloscopus 
  rufus), 
  Willow- 
  

   Wren 
  (P. 
  trochilus), 
  Wood-Wren 
  (P. 
  sibilatrix), 
  Great 
  Titmouse 
  

   (Parus 
  major), 
  Blue 
  Titmouse 
  (P. 
  cceruleus), 
  Coal-Titmouse 
  {P. 
  

   ater), 
  Tree-Pipit 
  (Anthus 
  trivialis), 
  Pied 
  Flycatcher 
  (Muscicapa 
  

   atricapilla), 
  Greenfinch 
  (Ligurinus 
  chloris), 
  Goldfinch 
  (Carduelis 
  

   elegans), 
  House-Sparrow 
  (Passer 
  domesticus), 
  Chaffinch 
  (Fringilla 
  

   ccelebs), 
  Linnet 
  (Linota 
  cannabina), 
  Corn- 
  Bunting 
  (Emberiza 
  

   miliaria), 
  Starling 
  (Stumus 
  vulgaris), 
  Green 
  Woodpecker 
  (Gecinus 
  

   riridis), 
  Cuckoo 
  (Cuculus 
  canorus), 
  Stock-Dove 
  (Columba 
  oenas), 
  

   Ring-Dove 
  (C. 
  palumbus), 
  Turtle-Dove 
  (Tartar 
  communis). 
  These 
  

   all 
  sing 
  regularly 
  in 
  high 
  trees. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  species 
  I 
  have 
  only 
  rarely 
  heard 
  singing 
  in 
  

   trees: 
  — 
  Meadow 
  -Pipit 
  (Anthus 
  pratensis), 
  Swallow 
  (Hirundo 
  

   rustica), 
  Martin 
  (Chelidon 
  urbica), 
  Yellow 
  Bunting 
  (Emberiza 
  

   citrinella), 
  Crossbill 
  (Loxia 
  curvirostra) 
  , 
  Whinchat 
  [Pratincola 
  

   rubetra), 
  Whitethroat 
  (Sylvia 
  cinerea), 
  Pied 
  Wagtail 
  (Motacilla 
  

   lugubris). 
  

  

  Birds 
  that 
  sing 
  in 
  bushes 
  and 
  hedges 
  : 
  — 
  Commonly, 
  the 
  

   Song-Thrush, 
  Blackbird, 
  Whinchat, 
  Stonechat 
  (Pratincola 
  rubi- 
  

   cola), 
  Robin, 
  Nightingale 
  (Daulias 
  luscinia), 
  Whitethroat, 
  Lesser 
  

   Whitethroat 
  (Sylvia 
  carruca), 
  Blackcap, 
  Garden-Warbler, 
  Chiff- 
  

   chaff, 
  Willow- 
  Wren, 
  Sedge- 
  Warbler 
  (Acrocephalus 
  phragmitis), 
  

   Reed-Warbler 
  (A. 
  streperus), 
  Grasshopper- 
  Warbler 
  (Locustella 
  

  

  