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NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE. 
This assemblage of curious and amusing birds belongs to ten 
several genera of the Linnaean system ; and are all of the order of 
passer es, save ih^jynx and cuculus, which Bxe piece, and the chara- 
drius CcedicnemusJ and r alius CortygometraJ, which are gralke. 
These birds, as they stand numerically, belong to the follow- 
ing Linnsean genera : — 
1, Jynx: 13. Columba: 
2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 16, 18. Motacilla: 17. Rallus: 
3,4,5,15. Hirundo: 19. Caprimulgus : 
8. Cuculus : 14. Alauda : 
12. Charadrius : 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 : — 
RAII NOMINA. 
Redbreast, 
Wren, 
Hedge-sparrow, 
White-wagtail, 
Yellow-wagtail, 
Gray-wagtail, 
Wheat-ear, 
Whin-chat, 
Stone-chatter, 
Ruhecuta : 
Passer troglodytes : 
Curruca : 
Motacilla alba : 
Motacilla flava : 
Motacilla cinerea : 
(Enanthe : 
(Enanthe secunda. 
(Enanthe tertia. 
f These frequent houses ; and haunt out- 
\ buildings in the winter : eat spiders, 
c Haunt sinks for crumbs and other 
( sweepings. 
r These frequent shallow rivulets near 
3 the spring heads, where they never 
2 freeze : eat the aurelise of Phryganea. 
f The smallest birds that walk, 
f Some of these are to be seen with us the 
I winter through. 
Golden-crowned wren, Regulus cristatus. 
C This is the smallest British bird : haunts 
-J the tops of tall trees ; stays the win- 
( ter through. 
A List of the Winter Birds of Passage round this neighbourhood, ranged somewhat in the 
order in which they appear. 
1. Ring-ousei, 
2. Redwing, 
3. Fieldfare, 
4. Royston-crow, 
5. Woodcock, 
6. Snipe,- 
7. Jack-snipe, 
8. Wood-pigeon, 
9. Wild-swan, 
10. Wild-goose, 
EAII NOMINA. 
Merula torquata : 
Turdus iliacus: 
Turdus pilaris : 
Comix cinerea : 
Scolopax : 
Gallinago minor : 
Gallinago minima : 
(Enas : 
Cygnus ferus : 
Anserferus: 
C This is a new migration, which I have 
3 lately discovered about Michaelmas 
"j week, and again about the fourteenth 
^ of March. 
About old Michaelmas. 
J Though a percher by day, roosts on the 
} ground. 
Most frequent on downs. 
Appears about old Michaelmas. 
Some snipes constantly breed with us. 
J Seldom appears till late: not in such 
I plenty as formerly. 
On some large waters 
