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14. Grasshopper 
lark, 
15. Swift, 
IC. Less reed 
sparrow, 
17. Land-rail, 
18. Largest willow 
wren, 
19. Goatsucker, 
or fern owl, 
20. Flycatcher, 
Alauda minima lo- 
custcB voce: 
Ilirundo apus ' 
Passer arundina- 
ceus minor • 
Ortygometra : 
Regulus nan c?'is- 
tatus : 
{ 
Middle of April : a small si- 
bilous note, till the end of 
July. 
About April 27. 
A sweet polyglot, but hurry- 
ing : it has the notes of 
many birds. 
A loud harsh note, crex, crex. 
" Cantat voce striduld locus- 
tce:'" end of April, on the 
tops of high beeches. 
Beginning of May : chatters 
by night with a singular 
noise. 
May 12. A very mute bird : 
this is the latest summer 
[ bird of passage. 
This assemblage of curious and amusing birds belongs to 
ten several genera of the Linnsean system ; and are all of 
the Or do of Passeres, save tlie Jynx and Cuculus, which are 
Piece J and the Gharadrius [CEdicnemus) and Rallus {Orty- 
gometra) , which are Orallce. 
These birds^ as they stand numerically,, belong to 
following Linnaean genera : — 
j- Caprimulgus 
Stoparola : 
{ 
the 
1. 
2, 6, 7, 
3, 4, 5, 
8. 
12. 
9, 10, 
15. 
11, 16, 18. 
Jynx : 
Motacilla : 
Ilirundo : 
Cuculus : 
Charadius : 
13. Columha. 
17. Rallus: 
19. Caprimulgus: 
14. Alauda : 
20. Muscicapa: 
Most soft-billed birds live on insects, and not on grain 
and seeds; and therefore at the end of summer they 
retire ; but the following soft-billed birds^ though insect- 
eaters, stay with us the year round : — 
Redbreast, 
Wren, 
Hedge sparrow. 
White wagtail, 
Yellow wagta."!. 
Gray wagtail, 
EAII NOMINA. 
Ruhecula : 
Passer troglo- 
dytes : 
Curruca: 
Motacilla alba: 
Motacilla Jlava: 
Motacilla cinerea : 
These frequent houses; and 
haunt out-buildings in the 
winter: eat spiders. 
Haunt sinks for crumbs and 
other sweepings. 
These frequent shallow rivu- 
lets near the spring heads, 
where they never freeze : 
eat the aurelise of Phry- 
ganea. The smallest birds 
that walk. 
