buildings
in the winter: eat
spiders.
Hedge-sparrow, _Curruca_. Haunt sinks for crumbs
and other sweepings.
White-wagtail,
Yellow-wagtail,
Grey-wagtail, _Motacilla alba_. These frequent shallow
_Motacilla flava_. rivulets near the spring
_Motacilla cinerea_. heads, where they never
freeze: eat the aureliae
of _Phryganea_. The
smallest birds that walk.
Wheatear, _OEnanthe_. Some of these are to be
seen with us the winter
through.
Whinchat,
Stone-chatter, _OEnanthe secunda_.
_OEnanthe tertia_.
Golden-crowned wren, _Regulus cristatus_. This is the smallest
British bird: haunts the
tops of tall trees; stays
the winter through.

A LIST OF THE WINTER BIRDS OF PASSAGE ROUND THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD, RANGED
SOMEWHAT IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY APPEAR.

RAII NOMINA.
1. Ring-ousel, _Merula torquata_. This is a new migration,
which I have lately
discovered about
Michaelmas week, and
again about the 14th
March.
2. Redwing, _Turdus iliacus_. About old Michaelmas.
3. Fieldfare, _Turdus pilaris_. Though a percher by day,
roosts on the ground.
4. Royston-crow, _Cornix cinerea_. Most frequent on downs.
5. Woodcock, _Scolopax_. Appears about old
Michaelmas.
6. Snipe, _Gallinago minor_. Some snipes constantly
breed with us.
7. Jac