I. 



Ring-ousel, 



Merula torqtiata. 



2. 



Redwing, 



Ttirdiis iliaciis. 



3- 



I* ieldfare, 



I Urdus pilciJ'is , 



4- 



Royston-crow, 



Comix cinei'ea. 



5- 



Woodcock, 



Scolopax. 



6. 



Snipe, 



Gallinago niijior. 



7- 



Jack-snipe, 



Gallinago niinifna 



8. 



Wood-pigeon, 



Delias. 



9- 



Wild- 5 wan, 



Cygmis ferns. 



10. 



Wild-goose, 



A user ferns. 





Wild-duck, 



[Anas torqtiata 







[ 7?iinor. 



12. 



Pochard, 



Afias fera fusca. 





Widgeon, 



Fejielope. 



14- 



Teal, breeds 1 





with us in 







Wolmer For- 



r Qiierqnediila. 





est, 





15- 



Cross-beak, 



Coccothraiistes. 



16. 



Cross-bill, 



Loxia. 



f This is a new migration, which 

 ! I have lately discovered about 

 I ^lichaelmas week, and again 

 [ about the 14th of March. 



About old Michaelmas. 

 [ Though a percher by day, 

 ^ roosts on the ground. 

 Most frequent on downs, 

 Appears about old ^Michaelmas. 

 ' Some snipes constantly breed 

 [ with us. 



I Seldom appears till late : not 

 in such plenty as formerly. 

 On some lar^e waters. 



17. Silk-tail, 



r Garnihis boheini- 



j 



I ens. 



On our lakes and streams. 



These are only wanderers that 

 appear occasionally, and are 

 not observant of any regular 

 migration. 



These birds, as they stand numerically, belon 



2" to 



the following Linn^ean genera : — 



I, 2, 



3, Tnrdns. 



4, C07'VllS. 



5, 6, 7, Scolopax. 

 8, Colli nib a. 



9, 10, II, 12, 13, 14. 



15, 16, 

 17, 



A nas. 

 Loxia. 



Anipelis. 



Birds that sing in the nig-ht are but few 



Nightingale, Luscinia. 



r " In shadiest covert hid.' 

 I Milton. 



