11. Red-ftart, R u ticilla : Ditto: more agreeable fong>
12. Stone-curlew, Oedicnemus : f End of M arch: loud nofturnai
| whittle.
13. Turtle-dove, Furtur.
14. Grafshopper-lark, Alauda minima locufta voce: f Middle A p ril: a fmall fibilous-
l note, till the end of J u ly -
15. Swift, Hirundo opus. : About A p ril 27.
16. Lefs reed-fparrow, P ajfer arundinaceus minor :
f A fweet polyglot, but hurry-
< ing: it has the notes o f
l many birds -
17. Land-rail* Ortyigometra : A loud harfii note, crex, crex.
f Cantat voce ftridula locuftze;
18. Largeftwillow-wren,. Regulus non criftatus : < end o f A p ril, on the tops, of
L high beeches.
19. Goatfucker, or 2
fern-owl, 3
Caprimulgus-: f Beginning o f May', chatters by
[ night with a fingular noife.
( May 12. A very mute bird:
! This is the lateft fummer
t bird of pafiage..
20. Fly-catcher* Stoparola: *
This affemblage of curious and amulihg birds belongs to ten*
feveral genera of the Linnaan fyftem; and are all of the ordo of
pajferes fave thejynx and cuculus, which are pica, and the charadrius'
(oedicnemus) and ralius (ortygometra), which are gralla.
Thefe birds, as they ftand numerically, belong to the following
Lima an genera
T% Jyn x: 1 3 . Columba :
2, 6, 7, Ç', l&i I I , 16, 1 8 . M otacilla : 17. R a llia :
3 » 4» 5» *5- Hirundo : 1 9 . Caprimulgus.
8 . Cuculus : 3 4 . Alauda:
12. Charadrius : 20. Mufcicapa.
Moft foft-billed birds live on infe&s, 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-lparrow»
White-wagtail, -
Yellow wagtail,
Grey wagtail,
Wheat-ear,
Whin-chat,
Stone-chatter,
R A I I N OMIN A .
Rubecula: f Thefe frequent houfes ; and haunt out-
POffer troglodytes : [ buildings in the winter: eat fpiders.
Curruca : 5 Haunt finks for crumbs and other
( fweepings.
M otacilla alba : f Th,eff: fll?Ilow ri'ruIets near
M otacilla fla-va : J fPrlng heads, where they never freeze:
M otacilla cimrea: | I I SS& of The
^ imalleft birds that walk.
OenanthcI I Some ° ( thefe are t0,be feen with us
I the winter, through.
Oenanthe fecunda.
Oenanthe tertia .
Golden-crowned wren, Regulus criftatus. {
This is the Imalleft Britilh bird: haunts
the tops o f tall trees ; Hays the winter
through.
A L i s t of / k W i h t b r B i r d s o/ P a s s a g e round this neighbourhood,
ranged fomewhat in the order in which they appear:
R A I I N OMIN A .
f This is a new migration, which I have
I. Ring-oufel, Merula torquata : I lately' difcovered about Michaelmas
J week, and again about the fourteenth
of March.
2. Redwing, \Turdus iliacus : About old* Michaelmas.
3. Fieldfare, Turdus p ilaris : f: Though a percher by day, roofts on the
{ ground.
4. Royfton-crow, Cornix cinerea: Moft frequent on downs,
5. Woodcock, Scolopax : Appears about old Michaelmas.
6. Snipe, Gallinago minor : Some fnipes conftantly breed with us.
7. Jack-fnipe, Gallinago minima;
8. Wood-pigeon Oenas : f Seldom appears till late: not in fuch
\ plenty as formerly.
9. Wild