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NATURAL HISTORY OP SELBOENE. 
Birds that cease to be in full song, and are usually silent at or before 
Midsummer : 
RATI NOMINA. 
17. Middle willow-wren, Regulus non cristatus. 
18. Redstart, Ruticilla. 
19. Cb.afl&ncli, Fringilla. 
20. Nightingale, 
Zuscinia. 
Middle of J une : begins in April. 
Ditto : begins in May. 
{Beginning of June : sings first 
in February. 
{ Middle of June : sings first in 
( April. 
Birds that sing for a short time, and very early in the spring : 
21. Missel-bird, 
22. Great titmouse, or 
ox-eye. 
Turdus viscivorus. 
I Fringillago. 
/January 2, 1770, in February. 
Is called in Hampshire and 
Sussex the storm-cock, be- 
cause its song is supposed to 
forebode windy wet weather : 
it is the largest singing bird 
we have. 
In February, March, Apiil : 
re-assumes for a short time 
in September. 
Birds that have somewhat of a note or song, and yet are hardly to be 
called singing birds : 
23. Golden-crowned 
wren, 
24. Marsh-titmouse, 
25. Small willow-wren, 
26. Largest ditto, 
27. Grasshopper-lark, 
28. Martin, 
29. Bullfinch, 
30. Bunting, 
I Regulus cristatus. 
Parus palustris. 
Regulus non cristatus. 
Ditto. 
I Alauda minima voce 
\ locustoe. 
Hirundo agrestis. 
Pyrrhula. 
Emheriza alba. 
Its note as minute as its per- 
son; frequents the tops of 
high oaks and firs : the small- 
est British bird. 
J" Haunts great woods : two harsh 
sharp notes. 
Sings in March, and on to Sep- 
tember. 
Cantat voce striduld locustce/ 
\ from end of April to August. 
t Chirps all night, from the mid- 
•< die of April to the end of 
i July. 
j All the breeding time ; from 
May to September. 
(From the end of January to 
1 July. 
All singing birds, and those that have any pretensions to song, not 
only in Britain, but perhaps the world through, come under the 
Linnsean ordo of Passeres. 
The above-mentioned birds, as they stand numerically, belong to the 
following Linnaean genera : 
1, T, 10, 27, 
2, 11, 21, 
3, 4, 5, 9, 12, 15, 17, 
18, 20, 23, 25, 26, 
6, 30, 
Alauda. 
Turdus. 
Motacilla. 
Emheriza. 
8, 28, 
13, 16, 19, 
22, 24, 
14, 29, 
Hirundo. 
Fringilla. 
Parus. 
Loxia. 
added the common bunting and green linnet, both of which have a peculiar 
breeding flight and song ; the first however is a very locally distributed species. 
The bird called tit-lark in this list seems from the note of its habits to be the tree- 
lark or pipit, Anthus arboreus. The true tit-lark or meadow-pipit, Anthus pratensis, 
has also a descending flight, singing at the same time, and would be a visitant 
at least to the downs. The common winchat will rise from its perch on the top of 
some tall plant, and make a short musical excursion upwards. The blackbird's 
call, from bush to bush, is rather an alarm note, than any part of its usual song. 
