Statistical Survey of the County of Londonderry; With Observations on the Means of Improvement - George Vaughan Sampson

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1802 Excerpt: ... bird, linaria, musical; not scarce, red linnet; linaria frequents furze bushes, in high montana, pastures, twite, or tuiin gray; linaria ru-frequents thorns; is musical, bicunda, red gray; domestica, well known, house-sparrow; Passeres, Order. Genus. Species. Observations. Passeres, Fringilla, montana, differs from the former in havwhite cap; ing white marks under the eyes, and behind the neck, and in being more shy, and less destructive. MotaciJIa, modularis, well known; one of the greathedge-est pests of early grain in an sparrow; enclosed district, extremely clamorous, somewhat musical, alba, well known, frequent, waterwagtail; flava, not near so common; a beau yellow tiful bird in shape and plu water-mage, wagtail; rubicola, common near and in niounstone-tains, wastes, &c. chatter; atricapilla, in situations like the former; black-cap; not very common. rubecula, well known; the most familiar red-breast; of all birds; in evenings, at a late hour, a delightfully soothing warbler: it may be called the nightingale of the North: an excellent prophet of Order. Genus. Species. Observations. Passeres, Motacilla, rubecula, of weather; the red-breast, red-breast; on the top of the thorn, never sings falsely. a musical bird; not very common. Boys make this lit troglo-dytes, wren; tie bird lay eggs to a vast number, by taking them gradually from her nest, which is one of the most comfortable of all the edifices belonging to birds. ""e Order. Genus. Speciet. Observations. Passeres, Hirundo, riparia, builds in holes, framed by itsand-self, in the abrupt and high martin; sandy banks; common.--These are said to remain all winter in a state of torpor, clustered together under banks, and in holes, apus, I am not sure, whether this swift; variety is common, ...