CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Page 

 Address to Mrs. Kay, containing Sketches of 

 the Country in and around Lewisham — Lee, 

 Blackheath — Greenwich-Park — Forest-Hill 

 — Sydenham — Penge-Wood — Beckenham — 

 Bromley — Hayes — Hayes-Common, andHoLwooo 1 



The Plough Boy's Song 3 



The Nest of the Wren — the Long-tailed Capon — the 

 Thrush — the Goldfinch — the Chaffinch — the Magpie 

 • — the House- Sparrow — the Swallow — the Martin — 

 the Wood-Pigeon — the Wood pecker — the Rook—' 

 the Crow — the Oriole — the Grosbeak — the Tailor- 

 bird — the Rufous Bee-Eater — the Esculent Swallow 17 



The Arrangement of Linnaeus 27 



Pennant 30 



Latham 32 



Vigors 39 



Ou the Structure and Functions of Birds 45 



Incubation of Birds 59 



Songs of Birds 65 



Song of the Nightingale 68 



Nidification of Birds 79 



Migration of Birds 82 



Summer Birds of Passage 84 



Winter Birds of Passage ib. 



Notice of Wilson the American Ornithologist .... 90 

 Scientific Terms 95 



