862 Birds. 



Yellow Wren, Phyllopneuste Trochilus. Very common. Migrates 

 in spring, between the 15th and 25th of March ; and in autumn, in 

 September, or beginning of October. It arrives in flocks of fifteen 

 or twenty birds. Its song is very pleasant, and consists of three or 

 four modulated variations. 



Lesser Pettychaps, Hippolais polyglotta, Vieill. Common, but 

 local. Comes in May, leaves in September. Its song is very varied, 

 and it has the power of imitating the notes of many other birds, with 

 surprising accuracy. 



Reed-wren, Calamoherpe palustris, Bech. (Arundinacea of Br. 

 authors). Comes in May, leaves in August. Common among reeds. 

 Its song very closely resembles that of the preceding bird. 



Calamoherpe turdo'ides, Meyer. Comes towards the 15th of 

 April, leaves at the end of August. Scarce and local. Nestles in 

 the vast reedy marshes of Campine. It has a very loud and peculiar 

 song. 



Common Hoopoe, Upupa epops. Comes towards the 10th of April, 

 and leaves in September. Not common. Builds in marshy woods, in 

 hollow trees. Its flight resembles that of the lapwing. One I kept 

 alive for some time was fed entirely on worms and insects, which it 

 would only eat when no one was in sight. 



Wryneck, Yunx torquilla. Regular visitant to central Belgium in 

 April. Leaves in winter. Nestles on wooded mountains. Feeds on 

 ants and other insects. The cry of this bird is a sharp whistle. 



Cuckoo, Cuculus canorus. Comes at the end of April ; the old 

 birds leave in August, the young ones a month later. Common. 



Turtle Dove, Columba turtur. Comes in April, leaves in autumn. 

 Common in woods and large enclosures. I have often seen flocks of 

 these birds roost on the trees in the Brussels Park, though there were 

 numbers of people walking below them, which did not seem to frighten 

 them in the least. 



Common Quail, Coturnix dactylisonam. Remains with us from 



April 15th to the end of September. Some few are seen as late as 



the middle of October. Its numbers are annually decreasing. The 



male bird has, besides its ordinary cry, a lower note, resembling 



" ouen onen," which I have heard on quiet summer evenings. 



Julian Deby. 

 Lacken, January 13, 1845. 



(To he continued). 



