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NATURAL HIST OR Y 
Wheatear, 
Gk)lden-crowned 
wren. 
CEnanthe 
egulus cristatus: 
i Some of these are to be seen 
\ with us the winter through.' 
Whin chat, CEnanthe secunda. 
Stone chatter, CEnanthe tertia : 
( 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 neigh- 
bourhoodj ranged somewbat in the order in which they 
appear : — 
This is a new migration, which 
I have lately discovered, 
Merula torquata: { about Michaelmas week, 
and agahi about the four- 
V teenth of March. 
Turdus iliacus: About old Michaelmas. 
Turdus pilaris: \ ^^^^^^h a percher by day, 
Comix cinerea: 
1. Ring-ousel, 
2. Redwing, 
3. Fieldfare, 
4. Royston crow, 
5. Woodcock, 
6. Snipe, 
7. Jack snipe, 
8. Wood-pigeon, 
9. Wild swan, 
10. Wild goose, 
11. Wild duck. I 
12. Pochard, 
13. Wigeon, 
14. Teal, breeds I 
withusinWol- ^ 
mer Forest, j 
15. Grosbeak, 
16. Crossbill, 
roosts on the ground. 
Most frequent on downs, 
j Appears about old Michael - 
( mas. 
j Some snipes constantly breed 
i with us. 
Scolopax : 
Gallinago minor: 
Gallinago min ima^ 
(j^^fj^g . J Seldom appears till late : not 
1^ in such plenty as formerly. 
Cygnus ferus : On some large waters. 
Anser ferus. 
Anas torquata mi- 
nor : 
Anas fera fusca. 
Penelope 
Querquedula : 
On our lakes and streams. 
17. Silktail, 
r These are only wanderers that 
j appear occasionally, and are 
I not observant of any regu- 
lar migration. 
Coccothraustes . 
Loxia : 
i Garrulus Bohe- 
l micus ' 
These birds, as thej stand numerically, belong to the 
following Linnasan genera : — 
1, 2, 3. Turdus: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. Anas. 
4. Corvus : 15, 16. Loxia: 
5, 6, 7, Scolopax: 17. Ampelis. 
8. Columha : 
^ See note on page 128. — Ed. 
