OF SELBORNE 



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RAII NOMINA. 



11. Blackbird, Merula vulgaris . 



12. White-throat, Ficedulie affinis : 



13. Goldfinch, Cardiielis : 



14. Greenfinch, Chloris : 



15. Less reed- Passer arundina- 



sparrow, ceus minor : 



16. Common Linaria vulgaris : 



linnet, 



Sometimes in February 

 and March, and so on 

 to July the twenty-third ; 

 reassumes in autumn. 



In April and on to Julv 

 23. 



April and through to Sep- 

 tember 16. 



On to July and August 2. 



May, on to beginning of 

 July. 



Breeds and whistles on till 

 August ; reassumes its 

 note when they begin to 

 congregate in October, 

 and again early before 

 the flock separate. 



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

 silent at or before Midsummer : 



RAII NOMINA. 



17. Middle Regulus non cris- 



willow-wren, talus : 



18. Red-start, Ruticilla : 



19. Chaffinch, Fringilla : 



20. Nightingale, Lusciiiia : 



Middle of June : begins in 



April. 

 Middle of June : begins in 



May. 

 Beginning of June : sings 



first in February. 

 Middle of June : sings first 



in April. 



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

 spring : 



21. Missel-bird, Tardus viscivorus . 



22. 



Great 

 titmouse, 

 or ox-eye, 



Fringillago : 



January the 2nd, 1770, in 

 February. Is called in 

 Hampshire and Sussex 

 the storm-cock, because 

 its song is supposed 

 to forebode windy wet 

 weather : is the largest 

 singing-bird we have. 



In February, March, 

 April : reassumes for a 

 short time In September. 



