OV SKL BORNE. 205 



Birds that sing as they fly are but few 



Skylark, 

 Titlark, 



Woodlark, 



Blackbird, 



White-throat, 



Swallow, 

 Wren, . . . 



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RAII NOMINA. 



Alauda vulgaris • 

 Alauda pratorum 



Alauda arborea : 

 Merula : 



FicedulcB ajffinis : 



Hirundo domes- 

 tic a : 



Passer troglo- 

 dytes : 



S Rising, suspended, and 

 / falling. 



C In its descent ; also sit- 

 ■< ting on trees, and walk- 

 f ing on the ground. 

 C Suspended ; in hot Sum- 

 ■< mer nights all night 

 ( long. 



5 Sometimes from bush to 

 \ bush. 



5 Uses when singing on the 

 . wing odd jerks and ges- 

 f ticuTations. 



^ In soft sunny weather. 



} Sometimes from bush to 

 \ bush. 



Birds that breed most early in these parts : 



Raven, 



Song-thrush, 

 Blackbird, 



Rook, 



Woodlark, 



Ring-dove, 



Corvus I 



Turdus 

 Merula 



< Hatches in February and 

 I March. 



In March. 



In March. 



Alauda arborea : 

 Palumbus tor- 

 quatus : 



Hatches in April. 

 } Lays the beginning of 

 J April. 



All birds that continue in full song till 

 after Midsummer appear to me to breed 

 more than once. 



Most kinds of birds seem to me to be 

 wild and shy somewhat in proportion to 

 their bulk ; I mean in this island, where 



