■WINTEH BIEDS OF PASSAGE. 



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"Whin-chat, 

 Stone-chatter, 



RAH NOMINA, 



(EnaniJie secunda. 

 (Enanthe tertia. 



Golden-crowned wren, Hegulus cristatus. 



''This 13 the smallest British 

 bird : haunts the tops of 

 tall trees ; stays the 



^ winter through. 



A List of the Winter 

 soTnewhat in the (W'd 



1. Ring-ousel, 



2. Redwing, 



3. Fieldfare, 



4. Royston-crow, 



5. "Woodcockj 



6. Snipe, 



7. Jack-snipe, 



8. Wood-pigeon, 



9. Wild-swan, 

 10. Wild-goose, 



U, Wild-duck, 



12. Pochard, 



13. Widgeon, 



14. Tealjbreedswithus 



in Wolmer Forest. 



15. Crossbeak, 



16. Crossbill, 



17. Silk-tail, 



Birds of Passage round this neigJibou/rhood, ra/nged 

 er in which they appear. 



RAII NOMINA. 



Merula torguata. 



Twrdus iliacus. 

 Turdus pilaris. 

 Comix cinerea. 

 Scolopax. 



Gallvnago minor, 

 go mininia. 



CEnas. 



Cygnus ferus. 

 Anser ferns. 



{Anas tovqvMa mi- 

 nor. 

 Anas fera fusca. 

 Penelope. 



fThis is a new migration, 

 which I have lately dis- 



I covered about Michaelmas 

 week, and again about 

 the fourteenth of March. 

 About old Michaelmas. 



r Though a percher by- day, 



L roosts on the ground. 

 Most frequently on downs. 



["Appears about old Michael- 



L mas. 



f Some snipes constantly 



L breed with us. 



{Seldom appears till late ; 

 not in such plenty as 

 formerly. 

 On 'some large waters. 



- On our lakes and streams. 



Ooccothraustes. 

 Loxia. 



{Gavrulus Bohemi- 

 cus. 



; 



These are only wanderers 

 that appear occasionally, 

 and are not observant of 

 any regular migration. 



Ttese birds, as they stand numerically, belong to the 

 following Linnsean genera : — 



1, 2, 3, Turdus. 



4, Cvnms. 



5, 6, 7, Scolopax. 

 8, Columha. 



9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, Anas. 

 IS, 16, Zoida. 



17, 



