6. Black-cap,
Atricapilla:
Ditto: a sweet wild note.
7. Nightingale,
Luscinia:
Beginning of April.
8. Cuckoo,
Cuculus:
Middle of April.
9. Middle willow-wren,
Regulus non cristatus:
Ditto, a sweet plaintive note.
10. White-throat,
Ficedulae affinis:
Middle of April: mean note; sings on till September.
11. Red-start,
Ruticilla:
Ditto: more agreeable song.
12. Stone curlew,
OEdicnemus:
End of March; loud nocturnal whistle.
13. Turtle-dove,
Turtur:
14. Grasshopper-lark,
Alauda minima locustae voce:
Middle of April: a small sibilous note, till the end of July.
15. Swift,
Hirundo apus:
About April 27.
16. Less reed-sparrow,
Passer arundinaceus minor:
A sweet polyglot, but hurrying: it has the notes of many birds.
17. Land-rail,
Ortygometra:
A loud harsh note, crex, crex.
18. Largest willow-wren,
Regulus non cristatus:
Cantat voce stridula locustae; end of April, on the tops of high
beeches.
19. Goat-sucker, or fern-owl,
Caprimulgus:
Beginning of May; chatters by night with a singular noise.
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