cucidus, which are piece, and the cliaradriits (oedicncnins) 

 and rallus {prtygonictra), which are grallce. 



These birds, as they stand numerically, belong to 

 the following Linnaean genera : — 



1, Jynx. 



2, 6, 7, 9, 10, II, i6, i8. Motacilla. 



3, 4, 5, 15. Hiriindo. 

 8. Ciictdiis. 

 12. Charadriiis, 



13. Coliimha. 

 17. Rallus. 



19. Capriniiilgus. 



14. Alaiida, 



20. Muscicapa, 



Most soft-billed birds live on insects, and not on 

 grain and seeds ; and therefore at the end of summer 

 they retire : but the following soft-billed birds, though 

 insect-eaters, stay with us the year round : — 



Redbreast, 

 Wren, 



Hedge-sparrow, 



White-wagtail. 

 Yellow-wagtail, 

 Grey- wag tail, 



Wheat-ear, 



Whin-chat, 

 Stone-chatter, 



Golden-crowned 

 wren. 



J 



RAII NOMINA. 



RMbeciila. 

 Passer troglodytes. 



Cur rue a. 



Motaeilla alba. 

 Motaeilla Jlava. 

 Motaeilla einerea. 



Oeiiaiithe. 



Oeftatithe seeunda. 

 Oeiianthe tertia. 



Recrulus eri status. 



[ These frequent houses, and 



haunt outbuildings in the 



I winter : eat spiders. 



r Haunts sinks for crumbs and 



1^ other sweepings. 



r These frequent shallow rivu- 



I lets near the spring heads, 



\ where they never freeze ; eat 



I the au7'eli(F of Phrvs^anea. 



I ' 



1^ The smallest birds that walk. 



I Some of these are to be seen 



\ with us the winter through. 



r This is the smallest British bird : 

 haunts the tops of tall trees : 

 I stays the winter through. 



A List of the Winter Birds of Passage round this 

 neighbourhood, ranged somewhat in the order in 

 which they appear: — 



