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Hedge-sparrow, Curruca 



White-wagtail. 

 Yellow-wagtail, 

 Grey wagtail, 



Wheat-ear, 



Whin-chat, 

 Stone-chatter, 



Golden-crowned 

 wren, 



MotacUla alba : 

 Motacilla jiava : 

 MotacUla cinerea 



Oenanthe . 



Oe nan the secundu. 

 Oenanthe tertia. 



Regulus cristatm. 



Haunt sinks for crumhs and 



other sweepings. 

 These frequent shallow ri- 

 i vulets near the Spring 

 ' heads, where they never 

 k freeze : eat the aureliae of 

 ' Phryganea. The smallest 



birds that walk. 

 Some of these are to be 



seen Avith us the Winter 



through. 



This is the smallest British 

 bird : haunts the tops of 

 tall trees ; stays the Win- 

 ter through. 



A List of the Winter Birds of Passage 

 round this neighbourhood^ ranged some- 

 what in the order in ivhich they appear : 



KAII NOMINA 



1. Ring-ousel, Merula iorquata 



2. Redwing, 



3. Fieldfare, 



4. Royston-crow, 

 o. Woodcock, 



6. Snipe, 



7. Jack-snij)e, 



8. Wood-pigeon, 



Turdus iliacus . 

 Tardus pilaris : 

 Comix cinerea : 

 Scolopax : 



Gallinago ntinur , 

 Ga 1 1 i nag o min 19) la. 



Ocnas : 



This IS a new migration, 

 which I have lately dis- 

 covered about Michael- 

 vtas week, and again 

 about the fourteenth of 

 March. 



About old Michaelmas. 



Though a percher by dav, 

 roosts on the ground. 



Most frequent on downs. 



Appears about cAi\ Michael. 



Some snipes constantly 

 breed witli us. 



Seldom appears till late ; 

 i!ul in siicli plenty as 

 lojinerlv. 



