SIIiPaiNa BIKDS. 



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2. Song-thrush, 



■Wren, 



Red-breast, 



Hedge-sparrow, 



RAU NOMINA. 



r Turdus simpUdter 

 \ dictus. 



Parser troglodytes. 



Euibecula. 



Cwruca. 



6. Yellow-hammer, Ernbenza fiava. 

 7. 



Skylark, 



8. Swallow, 



9. Black-cap, 



10. Titlark, 



11. Blackbird, 



12. 

 13. 

 14. 

 15. 



Alauda ■vulgaris. 

 Sirmido domestica. 



White-throat, 

 Goldfinch, 

 Greenfinch, 

 Less reed-sparrow. 



Alauda pratorum. 



Mervla vulgaris. 



FicedtdcB affirm. 

 Carduelis. 



Ohloris. 



J Passer wnmdiim- 

 \ cetts minor. 



16. Common linnet, Imiaria vulgaris. 



In February, and on to 

 August; re-assume their 

 song in autumu. 

 j All the year, hard frost ex- 

 \ cepted. 



Ditto. 

 J Early in February, to July 

 \ the 10th. 



{Early in February, and 

 on through July to 

 August the 21st. 

 r In February, and on to 

 \ October. 



From April to September, 

 r Beginning of April to 

 1 July the 13th. 

 r From middle of April to 

 \ July the 1 6 th. 

 ^Sometimes in February 

 J and March, and so on to 

 I July the 23d ; re-assumes 

 [^ in autumn. 



{In April, and on to July 

 the 23rd. 

 {April, and through to Sep- 

 tember the 16th. 

 {On to July and August 

 the 2nd. 

 J" May, on to beginning of 

 \ July. 



[^Breeds and whistles on till 

 I August; re-assumes its 

 note when they begin to 

 congregate in October, 

 and again early before the 

 fiocks separate. 



Birds that cease to be in fuU song, and are usually silent 

 at or before midsummer : — 



17. Middle willow- 



wren, 



18. Eedstart, 



19. Chaffinch, 



20. Nightingale, 



f BegvJ/M nan eriitOr J Middle of June ; begins in 

 \ tus. \ April. 



Buticilla. Ditto ; begins in May. 



{Beginning of June ; singS' 

 first in February, 

 f Middle of June ; sings- first 

 \ in April. 



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