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Birds that cease to be in full song, and are usually silent 
at or before Midsummer : — 
RAII NOMINA. 
17. Middle wil- I Regulus non cris- ( Middle of June: begins in 
low wren, S tatus : \ April. 
18. Redstart, Ruticilla : Ditto: begins in May. 
19. Chaffinch, Fringilla l^'tvZUy!"''' 
1 1 T • • ( Middle of June : sings first 
20. ^Nightingale, Luscima: j April 
Birds tbat sing for a short time, and very early in the 
spring : — 
/January 2, 1770, in February. 
Is called in Hampshire and 
I Sussex the storm-cock, be- 
cause its song is supposed 
to forebode windy wet wea- 
ther : is the largest sincr- 
ing bird we have. 
22. Great tit- 1 ( In February, March, April : 
mouse or ox- ^ Fringillugo : I reassumes for a short time 
eye, J L in September. 
Birds that have somewhat of a note or song, and yet are 
hardly to be called singing birds : — 
r Its note as minute as its per- 
23. Golden-crown- / , . , , J son ; frequents the tops of 
1 C Regulus cristatus ; ( , . , i , ^ ^ 
ed wren, ) ° \ high oaks and firs : the 
21. Missel-bird, Turdus viscivorus : 
smallest British bird. 
24. Marsh tit- ) ^ 7 . • S Haunts great woods : two 
> Parus palustris •* "i i i 1. . 
mouse, ) ^ i harsh sharp notes. 
25. Small willow- ) Regulus non cris- j Sings in March, and on to Sep - 
wren, ) tatus : ( tember. 
^. ( Cantat voce striduld locustce; 
26. Largest ditto, DMo : | from end ofAprfl to August. 
^„ ^ , V 7 , . I Chu'ps aU night, from the 
27. Grasshopper- ) Alauda minima J^^^^ / 
lark, ) voce locustce : 1 July 
„, , . ( All the breeding time: from 
28. Martm, Hivundo agrestu : j ^ September. 
29. Bullfinch, Pyrrhula. 
-o , . rr 7 . 77 ( From the end of January to 
30. Buntmg, Emberiza alba : j j^^^ 
All singing birds, and those that have any pretensions to 
