NATURAL HISTORY. 
the vicinity of the Severn, where, in the vernal season, 
the nightingale delights the ear with his ecstatic 
harmony. 
SUMMER MIGRATORY BIRDS. 
ENGLISH NAME. 
SCIENTIFIC NAME. 
TIME OF APPEARANCE. 
Wryneck, 
Yunx torquilla. 
Early in March. 
Swallow, 
Hirundo rustica. 
March 12th to April 17th.i 
Sand Martin, 
H. riparia. 
March 20th to April 17th. 
House Martin, 
H. urbica. 
A little later than the swallow. 
Wheatear, 
Saxicola oenanthe. 
At Malvern, March 20th. 
Least Willow Wren, 
Regulus hypolais. 
End of March, in plantations. 
Blackcap, 
Curruca atricapilla, 
Close of March. 
Middle Willow Wren, 
Regulus trochilus. 
Beginning of April. 
Cuckoo, 
Cuculus canorus. 
Early in April. 
Nightingale, 
Curruca luscinia, 
April 1, to 9. 
Redstart, 
Sylvia phoenicurus. 
April 12, to 17. 
Whinchat, 
Saxicola rubetra. 
Early in April. 
Yellow Wagtail, 
Motacilla flava. 
Ditto. 
Whitethroat, 
Curruca sylvia. 
Hedges, middle of April. 
Lesser ditto. 
C. sylviella. 
Ditto. 
Sedge Warbler, 
C. salicaria. 
April, among willows. 
Grasshopper ditto. 
C. locustella. 
Towards- the close of April. 
Wood Wren, 
C. sibillatrix. 
Ditto. 
Corn Crake, 
Rallus crex. 
Fields, end of April. 
Swift, 
Hirundo apus. 
After storms, April 28, to 30. 
Turtle Dove, 
Columba turtur. 
April 26, to May 1. 
Butcher Bird, 
Lanius collurio. 
Close of April. 
Fern Owl, 
Caprimulgus europseus. 
Beginning of May. 
Flycatcher, 
Muscicapa grisola. 
May. 
(3ur resident birds, winter and occasional visitants, 
are principally as follows. — The red grous, Lagopus 
scoticuSy and the black grous, Tetrao tetrix, inhabit 
Wyre Forest, near Bewdley, and the latter is also 
found upon the Clee Hills, and in the woods upon 
^ Small companies frequently appear, preceding by some days or even weeks the 
arrival of the main body. 
