13- Turtle-dove, 



14. Grasshopper- 



lark, 



15. Swift, 



16. Less reed- 



sparrow, 



17. Land-rail, 



iS. Largest \vl 

 low- wren 



RATI NOMINA. 

 Tuj'tiir. 



{ Alatida Jiiinima 

 \ loctistcE voce, 



Hirundo apiis, 

 r Passe?- arundma- 

 [ cetis mi7tor, 



Ortygomctra. 



1- { Res'ulus non cris- 



ta tus. 



19. Goat-sucker, or 1 



Fern-owl 



20. Fly-catcher, 



)■ Capri7milgiis. 



Stoparola, 



APPEARS ABOUT. 



Middle of April : a small sibi- 

 lous note, till the end of July. 

 April 27. 



A sweet polyglot, but hurrying : 



it has the notes of many birds. 

 A loud harsh note, " crex, crex." 

 " Cantat voce stridula locustae ;" 



end of April ; on the tops of 



high beeches. 

 Beginning of May : chatters by 



night with a singular noise. 

 May 12. A very mute bird. 



This is the latest summer 



bird of passage. 



This assemblage of curious and amusing birds be- 

 longs to ten several genera of the Linnasan system ; 

 and are all of the ordo of passeres^ save the jynx and 



A fa77iil\ of land-rails, 

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