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STJMMEE BIEDS 0.^ PASSAaE. 



RAII ?IOMINA, 



17. Landrail, Ortygometra. 



18. Largest \villow- J Megulus non ci-is- 



■wren, 1 tatits* 



19. Goat-sucker, 



fern-owl, 



20. Fly-catcher, 



i- CapHmulgus, 



rola. 



USUALLY APPEARS ABOUT 



r A loud harsh note, crex, 

 l_ crex. 



r Cantat voce stridtdd lo- 



< cnsttB : end of April, on 



[ the tops of high beeches. 



Beginning of May : chatters 



by night with a singular 



no'se. 

 ^lay 12. A very mute bird : 



this is the latest summer 



bird of passage. 



This assemblage of curious and amusing birds belongs to 

 ten several genera of the Linnsean system ; and are all of 

 the ordo of passeres, save the j^ncc and cuculus, which are 

 piece, and the cha/radrms (pedicnemus) and rallus (ortygo- 

 metrd), which are grallce. 



These birds, as thej stand numerically, belong to the 

 following Linnsean genera : — ■ 



Most soft-billed: birds live on insects, and not on gram 

 and seeds, and therefore at the end of summer they retire ; 

 but the following soft-bUled birds, though insect eaters, stay 

 with us the year round : — 



These frequent houses ; and 

 haunt out-buildings in the 

 winter : tat spiders. 



Haunt sinks, for crumbs 

 and other sweepings. 



These frequent shallow ri- 

 vulets, near the spring 

 heads, where they never 

 freeze : cat the aureliae 

 of Phryganea The small- 

 est birds that walk. 



Some of these are to be 

 seen with us the winter 

 through. 



