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The following is a List of the Summer 

 Birds of Passage which I have discovered 

 in this 7ieighhourhood^ ranged somewhat 

 in the order in which they appear : 



RAII NOMINA. USUALLY APPEARS 



ABOUT 



1 Wrvneck S Jynx, sive torquil-'lThemiMXeoi March: 



^ ' ^ la : J note. 



2. Smallest willow- < Regulus noti cris- } March 23 : chirps till Sev^ 



wren, ( tatus : ^ tembcr. 



3. Swallow, Hirundo domestica : April 



4. Martin, Hirundo rustica : Ditto. 

 5 Sand-martin, Hirundo riparia : Ditto. 



6. Black-cap, Jtricapilla : Do. a sweet wild note. 



7. Nightingale, Luscinia : Beginning of Jpril, 



8. Cuckoo, Cuculus : Middle of ^ri/. 



9. Middle willow- < Regulus non cris- ) Ditto : a sweet plaintive 



wren, ^ tatus : § note. 



10. White-throat, Ficedulcz- affinis : j ^lii^Septelfel! 



11. Red-start, RuticiUa • 5 ^^^^^ = ^^^^ agreeable 



' ( song. 



«4. ^ 1 ^7- S End of March: loud noc- 



12. Stone-Curlew, Oedicnemus : ^ turnal whistle. 



13. Turtle-dove, Turtur. 



14. Grasshopper- f Alauda minima Ic S ^\^^^^ ^t' '^ l-u 'j^^: 



lark, t cust^voce: j j'^l^''^^' till the end of 



15. Swift, Hirundo apus : About Apnl 27 . 



16. Less reed-spar- S Passer arundina- S ^ ''"^^^^ ^l^^f^' but hur- 



row, \ ceus minor: j rymg : it has the notes of 



f many birds. 



17. Land.rail, Ort^gometra: loud harsh note, crex 



' ^° I crex. 



lo T '11 r ij ; C C'antatvocestriduldlocustcE ; 



18. Largest wiiiow- \ Rciralus non cn:^ i j ^ •/ 



Zy^,, •< * . < end of Jprtl^ on the tops 



wren, / tatus : j i • i i i ' 



' * f 01 high beeches; 



