ire
and Sussex the
storm-cock, because
its song is
supposed to
forebode windy wet
weather: it is the
largest singing
bird we have.
22. Great _Fringillago_. In February, March,
tit-mouse, or April; re-assumes
ox-eye. for a short time in
September.

Birds that have somewhat of a note or song, and yet are hardly to be
called singing birds:--

RAII NOMINA.
23. Golden-crowned _Regulus Its note as minute as
wren, cristatus_. its person; frequents
the tops of high oaks
and firs; the smallest
British bird.
24. Marsh tit-mouse, _Parus palustris_. Haunts great woods; two
harsh, sharp notes.
25. Small willow-wren, _Regulus non Sings in March, and on
cristatus_. to September.
26. Largest ditto, _Ditto_. _Cantat voce stridula
locustae_; from end of
April to August.
27. Grasshopper-lark, _Alauda minima voce Chirps all night, from
locustae_. the middle of April to
the end of July.
28. Martin, _Hirundo agrestis_. All the breeding time;
from May to September.
29. Bullfinch, _Pyrrhula_.
30. Bunting, _Emberiza alba_. From the end of January
to July.

All singing birds, and those that have any pretensions to song, not only
in Brita