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THE NATURAL HISTOEY 



RAII NOMINA. 



11. Blackbird, 



12. White-throat, 



13. Goldfinch, 



14. Greenfinch, 



15. Less reed-sparrow,^ 



16. Common linnet. 



{Sometimes in February and 

 March, and so on to July the 

 twenty-third ; reassumes in 

 autumn. 

 In April and on to July 23. 

 / April and through to September 

 \ 16. 

 On to July and A ugust 2. 



{■^otTto^"'^'""'""'^^"^}^-^''-''' °" '° beginning '^i July. 

 ^Breeds and whistles on till Au- 

 gust; reassumes it's note when 

 Linaria vulgaris : ! they begin to congregate in 

 October, and again early be- 

 fore the flock separate. 



Merula vulgaris : 



FicedulcB a^nis : 

 Carduelis : 

 Chloris : 



Birds that cease to be in full song, and are usually silent at or 

 before Midsummer : 



,,.,,, .,, 1 D I ■ , t f Middle of June: begins in 



17. Middle wiUow-wren,^ Regulusnoncnstatus:\ aj.^! 



18. Redstart, 



19. Chaffinch, 



20. Nightingale, 



Ruticilla : 

 Fringilla : 



Luscinia : 



Ditto : begins in May. 

 ( Beginning of June : sings first 

 1 in February. 

 i Middle of June : sings first in 

 t April. 



Birds that sing for a short time, and very early in the spring : 



21. Missel-bird, 



22. Great titmouse, or ox- 

 eye. 



Turdus viscivorus : 



1 fin 



V Fringillago : l ; 



V 



'January the 2d, 1770, in Febru- 

 ary. Is called in Hampshire 

 and Sussex the storm-cock, 

 because it's song is supposed 

 to forebode windy wet wea- 

 ther : is the largest singing 

 bird we have. 



February , March, April : re- 

 assumes for a short time in 

 September. 



Birds that have somewhat of a note or song, and yet are hardly 

 to be called singing birds : 



23. Golden-crowned wren, Regulus cristatus : 



24. Marsh titmouse. 



Parus palustris : 



It's note as minute as it's per- 

 son ; frequents the tops of 

 high oaks and firs : the small- 

 est British bird. 



/ Haunts great woods : two harsh 



\ sharp notes. 



1 [The sedge-warbler.] 



^ [The willow-wren {Phylloscopus trochilus, L.).] 



