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NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE. 
1. Wood-lark, 
2. Song-thrush, 
3. Wren, 
4. Redbreast, 
5. Hedge-sparrow, 
6. YelloAvhammer, 
7. Skylark, 
8. Swallow, 
9. Black-cap, 
10. Titlark,t 
11. Blackbird, 
12. White-throat, 
13. Goldfinch, 
14. Greenfinch, 
15. Less reed-spar- 
RAII NOMINA, 
Alauda arhorea : 
Turdus simpUciier didus 
Fasser troglodytes : 
Rubecula : 
Curruca : 
Emheriza flava : 
Alauda vulgaris : 
Hirundo domestica : 
AtricapiUa : 
Alauda pratorum : 
MeruJa vulgaris : 
Ficedidce affinis : 
Carduelis: 
Chloris : 
f Passer anmdinacetis 
I minor : 
C In January, and continues to sii^ 
J through all the sumnier and 
I autumn. 
r In February and on to August, re- 
' t assume their song in autumn. 
All the year, hard frost excepted. 
Ditto. 
Early in February to July the 10th. 
5 Early in February, and on through 
^ July to August the 21st. 
In February, and on to October. 
From April to September. 
Beginning of April to July 13th.-' 
From middle of April to July the 16th. 
C Sometimes in February and March, 
} and so on to July the twenty- 
l third ; re assumes in autumn. 
In April, and on to July 23. 
April, and through to September 16. 
On 10 July s^d August 2. 
j. May, on to beginning of July. 
, Breeds and whistles on till August ; 
( reassumes its note when they be- 
< gin to congregate in October, and 
I again early before the flock se- 
parate. 
Birds that cease to be in full song, and are usually silent at or 
before Midsummer : — 
16. Common linnet, Linaria vulgaris: 
^ Regulus non cristaiiis : 
Ruticilla : 
Middle of June : begins in April. 
Ditto : begins in May.t 
/ Beginning of June : sings first in 
February. 
17. Middle willow 
wren, 
18. Redstart. 
19. Chaffinch, Fringilla: 
20. Nightingale, Luscinia : Middle of June : sings first in April. 
Birds tbat sing for a short time, and very early in the spring: — 
January the 2d, 1T70, in February. 
Is called in Hampshire and Sussex 
the storm-cock, because its song is 
21. Missel-bird,§ Turdus viscivorus : 
( Is < 
J the 
22. Great titmouse, ' 
or ox-eye, 
Fringillago : 
supposed to forebode windy wet 
weather : is the largest singing bird 
we have. 
rin February, March, April: reasumes 
L for a short time in September. 
* Becoming gradually less frequent for about six weeks before it entirely ceases.— Ed. 
t It IS clear that Mr. Wliite never discriminated between the " titlark" and <' pipitlark'* of the 
bird-shops, the tree-pipit {anthus arhoreus), and commoJi-pipit {A. communis), of modern nomen- 
clators : the former is a very sweet songster, and a bird of passage, arriving in the southern 
counties early in April ; the latter a resident species, and a mean songster, more wagtail-like m 
its habits, and easily distinguishable by its long and comparatively straight hind claw, which ir. 
the latter is shorter and more curved. Various other differences will appear on comparison.— Ed. 
t Or rather, 1 should say, early in April. — Ed. 
§ The missel-thrush may be heard occasionally till the end of June, and constantly during the 
months of April and May. — Ed. 
