KATUEAL HISTOEY OF SELBOENE 
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RAII NOMINA. 
« , 1 , ( Alauda minima locustce 
14. Grasshopper-lark, -| ^^^^^ 
15. Swift, Hirundo apus. 
T J ^ ^™ Passer arundinaceus 
16. Less reed-sparrow, ^^inor. 
17. Land-rail, Ortygometra. 
^Regulus non cristatus. 
18. Largest willow- 
wren, 
20. Fly-catcher, 
Stoj>arola. 
USUALLY APPEABS ABOUT 
( Middle April : a small sibilous 
( 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. 
C Cantat voce striduld locustce ; 
\ 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 
I is the latest summer bird 
( of passage. 
{ 
This assemblage of curious and amusing birds belongs to ten several 
genera of the Linnaean system ; and are all of the ordo of passeres save 
the Jynx and Cuculus, which 2iXQ piece, and the Charadrius {(Edicnemus) 
and Rallus {Ortygometra), which are grallce^ 
These birds, as they stand numerically, belong to the following 
Linnaean genera : 
1, Jynx. 
2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 16, 18, Motacilla. 
3, 4, 5, 15, Hirundo. 
8, Cuculus. 
12, Charadrius. 
13. Columba. 
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 : 
BAII NOMINA. 
Redbreast, 
Wren, 
Rubecula. ( 
Passer troglodytes. j 
Hedge-sparrow, 
Curruca. | 
White-wagtail, 
Yellow-wagtail, 
Grey-wagtail, 
Motacilla aXba. I 
Motacilla flava. < 
Motacilla cinerea. | 
Wheat-ear, 
CEnanthe. 
Whin-chat, 
Stone-chatter, 
(Enanthe secunda. 
(Enanthe tertia. 
Golden-crowned wren, 
( 
Regulus cristatus. -l 
hese frequent houses; and 
haunt out-buildings in the 
winter: eat spiders, 
[aunt sinks for crumbs and 
other sweepings, 
hese frequent shallow rivulets 
ear the spring heads, where 
ley never freeze : eat the 
arelise of Phryganea. The 
nallest birds that walk. 
Dme of these are to be seen 
haunts the tops of tall trees ; 
stays the winter through. 
A List of the Winter Birds of Passage round this neighbourhood, 
RANGED somewhat IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY APPEAR. 
1. Ring-ousel, 
2. Redwing, 
RAU NOMINA. 
Merulci, torquata. 
Turdus iliacus. 
/This is a new migration, which 
J I have lately discovered about 
j Michaelmas week, and again 
about the 14th of March. 
About old Michaelmas. 
