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following soft-billed birds, though insect-eaters, stay with us the 
year round : — ■ 
Eedhreast, 
Wren, 
Hedge-sparrow, 
White- wagtail, 
Yellow- wagtail. 
Grey-wagtail, 
Wheat-ear, 
Whin-chat, 
Stone-chatter, 
Golden - crowned 
wren, 
RAII NOMINA. 
Rubecula : 
Passer troglodytes 
Ciirruca : 
Motacilla alba : 
Motacilla flava : 
Motacilla cinerea : 
Oenantlie : 
OenantliG secunda. 
Oenanthe tertia. 
y Regulus cristatus : 
r These frequent houses, and haunt 
. ■< outhuildings in the winter : eat 
( S])iders. 
j Haunts sinks for crumbs and other 
\ sweepings. 
j These frequent shallow rivulets 
I Jiear the spring heads, where 
til ey never freeze : eat theaitre- 
lue of Phryganea. The smallest 
birds that walk. 
Some of these are to he seen with 
us the Avinter through. 
This is the smallest British bird : 
haunts the tops of tall trees : 
stays the winter through. 
A List of the Winter Birds of Passage round this neighbour- 
hood, ranged somewhat in the order in which they appear : — 
1. Ring- ousel, Merula torepiata : 
Redwing, Turdus iliacus : 
Fieldfare, Turdus pilaris : 
Royston-crow, Comix cinerea: 
Woodcock, 
Snipe, 
Jack-snipe, 
Wood-pigeon, 
Wild-swan, 
Wild-goose, 
Wild-duck, 
Pochard, 
Widgeon, 
Teal, breeds 
with us in 
W o 1 m e r 
Forest, 
Cross-beak, 
Cross-bill, 
Silk4ail, 
Scolopax : 
Gallinago minor : 
Gallinago minima. 
Oenas : 
Cygnus ferus : 
Anser ferus. 
\ Anas torquata ^ 
[ minor : 
A nas /era fusca : 
Fenelofe : 
> Querguedula : 
Coccothraustes : 
Loxia : 
\ Garrulus bohemi- 
Tliis is a new migration, which 
I have lately discovered about 
Michaelmas 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. 
Seldom appears till late : not in 
such plenty as formerly. 
On some large waters. 
On our lakes and streams. 
These are only wanderers that ap- 
pear occasionally, and are not 
observant of any regular migra- 
tion. 
