AT ^- TT' J { A\\ the breeding^ time; from 



28. Martm, Hirundo agreshs, \ ^ * 



[ May to September. 



29. Bullfinch, Pyn^hula, 



30. Bunting, Emberiza alba, | ^^'^^^ ^^^^ J'^^^^^^^ 



I July. 



All singing birds, and those that have any pre- 

 tensions to song, not only in Britain, but perhaps 

 the world through, come under the Linnasan ordo of 

 passeres. 



The above-mentioned birds, as they stand numer- 

 ically, belong to the following Linnsean genera : — 



1, 7, 10, 27. Alatida. 8, 28. Hii'ioido. 



2, II, 21. Turdus. 13, 16, ig. Fringilla. 



3, 4, 5, g, 12, 15, 1 



o r r Motacilla. 22, 24. Paj'tis. 



17, 18, 20, 23, 25, 26. J ' ^ 



6, 30. Emberiza. 14, 2g. Loxia. 



Birds that sing as they fly are but few : — 



RATI NOMINA. 



Skylark, Alatida vtilgaris. Rising, suspended, and falling. 



f In its descent ; also sitting on 

 Titlark, Alatida pratorum. \ trees, and walking on the 



I ground. 



AT 7 J f Suspended ; in hot summer 



Woodlark, Alatida arborea. \ \ 



[ nights all night long. 



Blackbird, Merula. Sometimes from bush to bush. 



. , ^ 7-- 7 7 /r- • r Uses when sinmncr on the wing 



White-throat, Ficediila affinis. J , , . , , . , . 



I odd jerks and gesticulations. 



wSwallow, Hirtiiido domestica. In soft sunny weather. 



Wren, Passer troglodytes. Sometimes froin bush to bush. 



Birds that breed most early in these parts : — 



Raven, 



Song-thrush, 



Black])ird, 



Corvus. 

 Turdus. 

 Merula. 



Hatches in February and March. 



In March. 



Ditto. 



