Birds that cease to be in full song, and are usually 

 silent at or before midsummer: — 



RAII NOMINA. 



17. Middle willow- r i^f^^/^/^^j' non <f;7>- f Middle of June: begins in 



wren, 

 iS. Redstart, 



19. Chaffinch, 



20. Nightingale, 



tat us. 

 Ruticilla, 



Fringilla. 

 Liiscmia. 



I April. 

 Ditto : begins 



Ma^ 



r Beginning of June : sings first 



in February 



1 ^liddle of June : sings first in 

 April. 



Birds that sing for a short time, and very early in 

 the spring : — 



January the 2nd, 1770, in Feb- 

 ruary. Is called in Hampshire 

 and Sussex the storm-cock, 

 because its song is supposed 

 to forbode windy, wet weath- 

 er : is the largest singing bird 

 we have. 



1 r In February, ^larch, April : re- 



y Fi'ingillago. \ assumes for a short time in 



^ ^ September. 



21. Missel-bird, 



Turdiis vi.^civoriis. . 



22. Great Tit- 

 mouse, or 

 Ox-eye, 



Birds that have somewhat of a note or song, and 

 yet are hardly to be called singing birds : — 



23. Golden-crown- 1 



24. 



ed wren, 



Marsh-tit- 

 mouse, 



25. Small willow- 



wren, 



26. Largest ditto, 



27. Grasshopper- 



lark, 



r Regiiliis cri status. 



Par us paliistris. 



f Its note as minute as its per- 

 son : frequents the tops of 

 high oaks and firs : the small- 

 est British bird. 

 Haunts great woods : two 

 harsh, sharp notes. 

 Regiiliis non cris- \ Sings in March, and on to Sep- 

 tatns. [ tember. 



r " Cantat voce stridula locustae 

 i from end of April to August. 

 A landa miniiiia \ Chirps all night, from the middle 

 voce lociistcF. [ of April to the end of July. 

 Ill 



Ditto. 



