52 THE NATURAL HISTORY 



thorns ; yet it would not come into fair sight : but in a 

 morning early, and when undisturbed, it sings on the top 

 of a twig, gaping and shivering with its wings. Mr. Ray 

 himself had no knowledge of this bird, but received his 

 account from Mr. Johnson, who apparently confounds it 

 with the reguli non cristaii, from which it is very distinct. 

 See Ray's Philosophical Letters, p. 108. 



The fly-catcher (stoparola) has not yet appeared : it 

 usually breeds in my vine. The redstart begins to sing : 

 its note is short and imperfect, but is continued till about 

 the middle of June. The willow-wrens (the smaller sort) 

 are horrid pests in a garden, destroying the pease, cherries, 

 currants, etc. ; and are so tame that a gun will not 

 scare them. 



LIST of the Summer Birds of Passage discovered in 

 this neighbourhood, ranged somewhat in the Order in 

 which they appear : 



LiNN.Ei Nomina. 



Smallest willow-wren, Molacilla trochilus ; 



Wry-neck, Jynx lorquilla : 



House-swallow, Hirundo rustica : 



Martin, Hirundo urbica : 



Sand-martin, Hirundo riparia : 



Cuckoo, Cuculus canorus . 



Nightingale, Molacilla luscinia : 



Black-cap, Molacilla alricapilla . 



White-throat, Molacilla Sylvia : 



Middle willow-wren, Molacilla Irochilus : 



Swilt, Hirundo apus : 



Stone curlew, ? Charadrius oedicnemus ' 



Turtle-dove, ? Turlur aldrovandi ? 



Grasshopper-lark, Alauda Irivialis : 



Landrail, Hallus crex : 



Largest willow- wren, Molacilla Irochilus : 



Redstart, Molacilla phsenicurus : 



Goat-sucker, or fern-owl, Caprimulgus europieus : 



Fly-catcher, Muscicapa grtsola : 



