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6. Snipe, 



RAII NOMINA. 



Gallinago minor ; 



7. Jack-snipe, Gallinago minima ; 



8. Wood-pigeon, Oenas : 



9. Wild-swan, 



10. Wild-goose, 



11. WUd-duck, 



12. Pochard, 



13. Widgeon, 



14. Teal, breeds 

 with us inWol- 

 mer-forest. . 



15. Gross-beak, 



16. Cross-bill, 



17. Silk-tail, 



Cygnus ferus : 

 Anser ferus : 

 Anas torquata mi-\ 



nor : 

 Anas fera fusca : 

 Penelope : 

 Querquedula : 



Coccothraustes : 

 Loxia : 



Garrulus bohemi- 

 cus : 



Some snipes constanLly 

 breed with us. 



Seldom appears till late : 

 not in such plenty as 

 formerly. 



On some large waters. 



On our lakes and streams. 



These are only wanderers 

 that appear occasionally, 

 and are not observant of 

 any regular migration. 



These birds, as they stand numerically, belong to the 



following Linnsean genera : 

 1, 2, 3. Tardus : 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. 



4. 



5, 6, 7. 

 8. 



Corvus : 

 Scolopax : 

 Columba : 



15, 16. 

 17. 



Anas : 

 Loxia : 

 Ampelis . 



Birds that sing in the night are but few ; 



Nightingale, Luscinia : 



Woodlark, 

 Less reed- 

 sparrow. 



Alauda arborea : 

 Passer arundi- 

 naceus minor : 



" In shadiest covert hid." 

 — Milton. 

 Suspended in mid air. 



Among reeds and wiUows. 



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 on some birds con- 

 cerning the continuation of whose song I seem at present 

 to have some doubt. 



I am, etc. 



