SrMMEB BIEDS OF PASSAttE. 



93 



more ready to fulfil my promise, because I see you are a, 

 gentleman of great candour, and one that will make allow- 

 ances, especially where the writer professes to be an out- 

 door naturalist, one that takes liis observations from the 

 subject itself, and not from the writings of others. 



Thefollowiiu/ is a lAst of tJie SumTner Birds of Passage which I have diS' 

 covered in this Tieighbourhood, rariffed somewhat in the order in which 

 they appear.* 



IIAII NOMINA. USUALLY APREARS ABOUT 



r ■ . 'It r The middle of March : harsli 



JynXjSireiortiuiUa. J. 



JRegulus non oris- J March 23 : chirps till Sep- 

 tatus. \ tember. 



Ilirimdo domestica, April 13. 

 Hirnndo rustica. Ditto. 



Jiirundo ripana. Ditto. 

 Atncapilla. Ditto : a sweet wild note. 



Luscinia. Beginning of April. 



Cuculus. Middle of April, 



r Rer/ulus non cnsta- J Ditto : a sweet plaintive 

 \ note. 



1. AViyneclc, 



2. Smallest willow- 



wren, 



3. Swallow, 



4. Martin, 



5. Sand-martin, 



6. Blackcap. 



7. Nightingale, 



8. Cuckoo, 



9. Middle willow- 



wren, 



10. White-throat, 



11. Eedstart, 



12. Stone curlew, 



13. Turtle-dove, 



14. Grasshopper-lark, 



15. Swift. 



16. Less rced-sparrow, 



\ tus. 



Ficedulm affinis. 



Ruticilla. 



CEdicnemus. 



Twtur, 



^ Alauda minima, 

 \ lomtstce voce. 



Hirundo apus. 



r Passer arundina- 



\ 



ceus minor. 



J Do. : mean note ; sings on 

 \ till September. 



Ditto : more agreeable song. 

 J End of March : loud noc- 

 \ turnal ■whistle. 



r Middle of April ; a small 

 < sibilous note, till the end 

 [ of July. 

 About April 27. 

 A sweet polyglot, but hur- 

 rying : it has the notes 

 of many bii'ds. 



* It is very pleasing to see the accuracy of Mr. White''s list of summer 

 and winter birds of passage as be discovered them in his own neighbourhood. 

 The following may comprehend all those which have hitherto been discovered 

 in hia county, and in the list are included the pemianent residents and 

 occasional visitors : — 



Summer visitors . . . . .33 



"Winter do. . . . . . . 30 



Permanent residents . . . .63 



Occasional do 82 



Total 



208 



—Ed, 



