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NATURAL 



HISTORY 



short and imperfect, but is continued till 

 about the middle of June. The willow-wrens 

 (the smaller sort) are horrid pests in a 

 garden, destroying the pease, cherries, 

 currants, &c. ; and are so tame that a gun 

 will not scare them. 



A List of the Summer Birds of Passage discovered in 

 this neighbourhood, ranged somewhat in the Order in 



which they appear : 





l^llllld:^! i>iuruilla« 



Smallest willow-wren, 



Motacilla trochilus : 



Wryneck, « 



Jynx torquilla : 



House-swallow, 



Hirundo rustica : 



Martin, 



Hirundo urhica : 



Sand-martin, 



Hirundo riparia : 



Cuckoo, 



Cuculus canorus : 



Nightingale, 



Motacilla luscinia : 



Blackcap, 



Motacilla atricapilla : 



Whitethroat, 



Motacilla sylvia : 



Middle willow-wren. 



Motacilla trochilus : 



Swift, 



Hirundo apus : 



Stone curlew ? 



Charadrius oedicnemus ? 



Turtle-dove ? 



Turtur aldrovandi ? 



Grasshopper-lark, 



Alauda trivialis : 



Landrail, 



Rallus crex : 



Largest willow-wren. 



Motacilla trochilus : 



Redstart, 



Motacilla phcenicurus : 



Goatsucker, or fern-owl. 



Caprimulgus europceus : 



Fly-catcher, 



Muscicapa grisola. 



