in, but perhaps the world through, come under the Linnaean _ordo_
of _Passeres_.

The above-mentioned birds, as they stand numerically, belong to the
following Linnaean genera:--

1,7,10,27, _Alauda_ 8,28, _Hirundo_.
2,11,21, _Turdus_. 13,16,19, _Fringilla_.
3,4,5,9,12, ) 22,24, _Parus_.
15,17,18,20, _Motacilla_ 14,29, _Loxia_.
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23,25,26, )
6,20, _Emberiza_.

Birds that sing as they fly are but few:--

RAII NOMINA.
Skylark, _Alauda vulgaris_. Rising, suspended, and
falling.
Titlark, _Alauda pratorum_. In its descent; also
sitting on trees, and
walking on the ground.
Woodlark, _Alauda arborea_. Suspended; in hot summer
nights all night long.
Blackbird, _Merula_. Sometimes from bush to
bush.
Whitethroat, _Ficedula affinis_. Uses when singing on the
wing odd jerks and
gesticulations.
Swallow, _Hirundo domestica_. In soft sunny weather.
Wren, _Passer troglodytes_. Sometimes from bush to
bush.

Birds that breed most early in these parts:--

RAII NOMINA.
Raven, _Corvus_. Hatches in February and
March.
Song-thrush, _Turdus_. In March.
Blackbird, _Merula_. In March.
Rook, _Cornix frugilega_. Builds the beginning of
March.
Woodlark, _Alauda arborea_. Hatches in April.
Ring-dove, _Palumbus torquatus_. Lays the beginning of
April.

All birds that continue in full song till after Midsummer appear to me to
breed more than once.

Most kinds of birds seem to me to be wild and shy somewhat in proportion
to their bulk: I mean in this island, where they are much pursued and
annoyed; but in Ascension Island, and many other desolate places,
mariners have found fowls so unacquainted with a hum