OF SELBORNE. 117 
Moft fofc-bllled birds live on infeds, and not on grain and 
feeds ; and therefore at the end of fummer they retire : but the 
following foft-billed birds, though infed-eaters, flay with us the 
year round : 
Redbreaft, 
Wren, 
Hedge -fparrow, 
White-wagtail, 
Yellow wagtail, 
Grey wagtail. 
Wheat- ear. 
Whin-chat, 
Stone-chatter, 
RAII NOMINA. 
Ruhecula : 
PaJ/er troglodytes : 
Curruca : 
Motacilla alba : 
Motacilla fa va : 
Motacilla cinerea: 
Oenanfhe : 
Oenanthe fecunda. 
Oenanthe tertia. 
f Thefe frequent houfes ; and haunt out- 
\ buildings in the winter: eat fpiders. 
Haunt links for crumbs and other 
fweepings. 
frequent (hallow rivulets near the 
ng heads, where they never freeze: 
the aurelia; of Phryganea. The 
fmalleft birds that walk. 
Some of thefe are to be feen with us 
the winter through. 
r Thefe 
J fp" 
j eat 
[_ fma 
Golden-crowned wren, Regulus crijlatus. 
This is the fmalleft Britifh bird : haunts 
the tops of tall trees ; ftays the win- 
ter through. 
A L1ST0/ the Winter Bir 
hood J ranged fomezvhat in 
Ds 0/ Passage round this neighbour 
the order in zvhich they appear : 
RAII NOMINA. 
1 . Ring-oufel, Merula torjuata ; 
2. Redwing, Tiirdus iliacus : 
3 . Fieldfare, Turdus pilaris : 
4. Royfton-crow, Comix cinerea: 
5. Woodcock, Scolopax : 
6. Snipe, Gallinago minor : 
7. Jack'fnipe, Gallinago minima. 
8. Wood-pigeon Oenas: 
This is a new migration, which I have 
lately difcovered about Michaelmas 
week, and again about the fourteenth 
of March. 
About old Michaelmas, 
{Though a percher by day, roofts on the 
ground. 
Moft frequent on downs, 
Appears about old Michaelmas. 
Some fnipes conftantly breed with us. 
{Seldom appears till late: not in fuch 
plenty as formerly. 
9. Wild- 
