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THE NATURAL HISTOEY 



Redwing, 



Fieldfare, 



Royston-crow, 

 Woodcock, 1 



6. Snipe, 2 



7. Jack-snipe, 



8. Wood-pigeon,'* 



9. Wild-swan, 



10. Wild-goose, 



11. Wild-duck,^ 



12. Pochard,^ 

 Wigeon, 

 Teal, breeds with i 



in Wolmer-forest, 



Gross-beak, 



16. Cross-bill,6 



17. Silk-tail,' 



13- 



14. 



15 



RAII NOMINA. 



Turdus iliacus : 



Turdus pilaris : 



Comix cinerea : 

 Scolopax : 



Gallinago minor : 



Gallinago minima : 



Oenas : 



Cygnus ferus : 

 Anser ferus : 

 Anas torquata minor 

 Anas f era fusca : 

 Penelope : 



^ y Querquedula : 



Coccothraustes : 



Loxia : 



Garrulus bohemicus : 



About old Michaelmas. 

 ( Though apercher by day, roosts 

 \ on the ground. 



Most frequent on downs. 



Appears about old Michaelmas. 

 /Some snipes constantly breed 

 \ with us. 



/ Seldom appears till late : not in 

 \ such plenty as formerly. 

 On some large waters. 



On our lakes and streams. 



j These are only wanderers that 

 ] appear occasionally, and are 

 j not observant of any regular 

 ^ migration. 



These birds, as they stand numerically, belong to the following 

 Linncean genera : 



^, ^1 3. Turdus : 



4, Corvus ; 



5, 6, 7, Scolopax : 

 8, Columba : 



9, 10, II, 12, 13, 14, 



Anas : 

 15, 16, Loxia : 



17. Ampelis, 



Nightingale, 



Woodlark, 



Less reed-sparrow,^ 



Birds that sing in the night are but few. 



Luscinia : 



/"In shadiest covert hid." 



t^ Milton. 



Alauda arborea : Suspended in mid air. 



Passer arundinaceus . j j -n 



- . Among reeds and willows. 



I should now proceed to such birds as continue to sing after 

 Midsummer, but, as they are rather numerous, they would exceed 

 the bounds of this paper : besides, as this is now the season for 

 remarking on that subject, I am willing to repeat my observations 



1 [The woodcock is a resident as well as a winter visitant.] 



2 The common snipe is a resident as well as a winter visitant.] 



3 ^Both the wood-pigeon and the stock-dove are residents.] 



■* [The mallard [Anas boscas, L. ) is a resident as well as a winter visitant.] 

 ^ 'The pochard {Fuligula ferina , L. ) is a resident as well as a winter visitant.] 

 ^ [The common crossbill [Loxia cttrvirostra^ L.) is an irregular visitant, chiefly in 

 autumn and winter. White has '* cross-beak {Coccothraustes)" and "gross- 

 bill [Loxia) ".] 



^ The waxwing [A jnpelis garrulus, L.) is an occasional winter visitant.] 

 ^ [The sedge- warbler {Acrocephalus phragmitiSj Bechst.).] 



