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THE NATURAL HISTORY 



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

 are hardly to be called singing-birds : 



RAII NOMINA. 



23. Golden- Regulus crisiaius : 



crowned 

 wren, 



24. Marsh Pariis paluslris : 



titmouse, 



25. Small Ber/ulus non cris- 



willow-wren, Idttis : 



26. Largest ditto, Ditto : 



27. Grasshopper- Alauda minima voce 

 lark, locustss : 



28. Martin, 



29. BuUfmch, 



30. Bunting, 



Hirundo agrestis : 



Pyrrhula : 

 Emberiza alba : 



Us note as minute as its 



person ; frequents the 



tops of high oaks and 



firs ; the smallest British 



bird. 

 Haunts great woods ; two 



harsh sharp notes. 

 Sings in March and on to 



September. 

 Canial voce stridiild lo- 



custiB : from end of .\pril 



to August. 

 Chirps all night, from the 



middle of April to the 



end of July. 

 All the breeding time ; 



from May to September 



From the end of January 

 to July. 



All singing-birds, and those that have any pretensions 

 to song, not only in Britain, but perhaps the world 

 through, come under the Linnaean ordo of passeres. 



The above-mentioned birds, as they stand numerically, 

 belong to the following Linnaean genera. 



1, 7, 10, 27. 



2, 11, 21. 



3, 4, 5, 9, 12, 15. 1 

 17, 18, 20, 23, 25, 26. f 

 6, 30. 



Birds that sing as they fly are but few : 



Skylark, 

 Titlark, 



RAII NOMINA. 



Alauda vulgaris : 

 Alauda pratorum : 



Rising, suspended, and 



falling. 

 In its descent ; also sitting 



on trees, and walking on 



the ground. 



