Singing-Birds.
Oscines.
[Illustration]
The _Nightingal_, 1.
singeth the sweetlyest of all.
_Luscinia_ (_Philomela_), 1.
cantat suavissime omnium.
The _Lark_, 2. singeth
as she flyeth in the Air.
_Alauda_, 2. cantillat
volitans in aere;
The _Quail_, 3.
sitting on the ground;
_Coturnix_, 3.
sedens humi;
others on the boughs of trees, 4.
as the _Canary-bird_,
the _Chaffinch_,
the _Goldfinch_,
Cæteræ, in ramis arborum, 4.
ut _Luteola_ peregrina.
_Fringilla_,
_Carduelis_,
the _Siskin_,
the _Linnet_,
the little _Titmouse_,
the _Wood-wall_,
the _Robin-red-breast_,
the _Hedge-sparrow_, &c.
_Acanthis_,
_Linaria_,
parvus _Parus_,
_Galgulus_,
_Rubecula_,
_Curruca_, &c.
The party colour’d _Parret_, 5.
the _Black-bird_, 6.
the _Stare_, 7.
with the _Mag-pie_
and the _Jay_, learn
to frame men’s words.
Discolor _Psittacus_, 5.
_Merula_, 6.
_Sturnus_, 7.
cum _Pica_,
& _Monedula_, discunt
humanas voces formare
A great many are wont
to be shut in _Cages_, 8.
Pleræque solent
includi _Caveis_, 8.