reguli non cristati, from which it is very distinct. See Ray's "Philos. Letters," p. 108.
The fly-catcher (stoparola) has not yet appeared; it usually breeds in my vine. The redstart begins to sing, its note is short and imperfect, but is continued till about the middle of June. The willow-wrens (the smaller sort) are horrid pests in a garden, destroying the peas, cherries, currants, etc,; and are so tame that a gun will not scare them.
| LINNÆI NOMINA. | |
| Smallest willow-wren, | Motaclila trochilus. |
| Wryneck, | Jynx torquilla. |
| House-swallow, | Hirundo rustica. |
| Martin, | Hirundo urbica. |
| Sand-martin, | Hirundo riparia. |
| Cuckoo, | Cuculus canorus. |
| Nightingale, | Motacilla luscinia. |
| Blackcap, | Motacilla atricapilla. |
| Whitethroat, | Motacilla sylvia. |
| Middle willow-wren, | Motacilla trochilus. |
| Swift, | Hirundo apus. |
| Stone-curlew? | Charadrius œdicnemus? |
| Turtle-dove? | Turtur aldrovandi? |
| Grasshopper-lark, | Alauda trivialis. |
| Landrail, | Rallus crex. |
| Largest willow-wren, | Motacilla trochilus. |
| Redstart, | Motacilla phœnicurus. |
| Goat-sucker, or fern-owl, | Caprimulgus europæus. |
| Fly-catcher, | Muscicapa grisola. |
My countrymen talk much of a bird that makes a clatter with its bill against a dead bough, or some old pales, calling it a jar-bird. I procured one to be shot in the very fact; it proved to be the Sitta europæa (the nuthatch).[e2] Mr. Ray says that the less spotted woodpecker does the same. This noise may be heard a furlong or more.
Now is the only time to ascertain the short-winged summer birds; for, when the leaf is out, there is no making any remarks
