Names of the birds noticed, according to the Author's system, with reference to the sections of the text and the Appendix in which the reader will find their more melodious scientific nomenclature:—

Sect.Sect.
I.Rutila Familiaris.Robin RedbreastText1seqqApp. 141
II.Hirundo Domestica.House Swallow"41seqq." 142
III.Hirundo Monastica.Martlet" " 143
IV.Hirundo Riparia.Bank Martlet" " 144
V.Hirundo Sagitta.Swift"64 " 145
VI.Hirundo Alpina.Alpine Swift" " 146
VII.Noctua Europæa.Night-jar of Europe" " 147
VIII.Merula Fontium.Torrent Ouzel"89 " 148
IX.Allegretta Nymphæa.Lily Ouzel"93 " 149
IX.A.Allegretta Maculata.Spotted Allegret"96 " 149
IX.B.Allegretta Stellaris.Starry Allegret"97 " 149
IX.C.Allegretta Minuta.Tiny Allegret"98 " 149
X.Trepida Stagnarum.Little Grebe"100 " 150
XI.A.Titania Arctica.Arctic Fairy"111 " 151
XI.Titania Inconstans.Changeful Fairy"114 " 151
XII.Rallus Aquaticus.Water Rail"116 " 152
XII.A.Pulla Aquatica.Water Hen"133 " 153

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141. RUTILA FAMILIARIS. ROBIN REDBREAST.

"The second lesson, Robin Redebreast sang."

It is rightly classed by F. and Y. with the Warblers. Gould strangely puts it with his rock-birds, 'saxicolinæ,'—in which, however, he also includes the sedge warbler.

The true Robin is properly a wood-bird; the Swedish blue-throated one lives in marshes and arable fields. I have never seen a robin in really wild mountain ground.

There is only one European species of the red-breasted Robin. Gould names two Japanese ones.