Wood-cock,
Scolopax:
Appears about old Michaelmas.
6. Snipe,
Gallinago minor:
Some snipes constantly breed with us.
7. Jack-snipe,
Gallinago minima:
8. Wood-pigeon,
OEnas:
Seldom appears till late: not in such plenty as formerly.
9. Wild-swan,
Cygnus ferus:
On some large waters.
10. Wild-goose,
Anser ferus:
11. Wild-duck,
Anas torquata minor:
12. Pochard,
Anas fera fusca:
13. Widgeon,
Penelope:
14. Teal, breeds with us in Wolmer-forest,
Querquedula:
On our lakes and streams.
15. Gross-beak,
Coccothraustes:
16. Cross-bill,
Loxia:
17. Silk-tail,
Garrulus bohemicus:
These are only wanderers that appear occasionally, and are not
observant of any regular migration.
These birds, as they stand numerically, belong to the following
Linnaean genera:
1, 2, 3.
Turdus.
4.
Corvus.
5, 6, 7.
Scolopax.
8.
Columba.
9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.
Anas.
15, 16.
Loxia.
17.
Ampelis.
Birds that sing in the night are but few:
Nightingale,
Luscinia:
'In shadiest covert hid.
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