notice those birds that are stationary, or remain in the park all the year round; and 2dly, those that are migratory, and are only to be met with at certain seasons of the year. I. BIRDS THAT ARE STATIONARY. Titmice. This diminutive tribe is very common, and distinguished by a peculiar degree of sprightliness and vivacity; to which may be added, a degree of strength and courage, which by no means agrees with its appearance. Birds of this class are continually in motion, and run with great swiftness along the branches of trees searching for insects: they are also to be seen busily picking caterpillars from opening buds. Some of the species make a noise like that produced by a person whetting a saw with a file. I have noticed four species of these birds in the park. 1. The greater titmouse, or ox-eye, which is about five inches long the bill and eyes are black; the head apparently is covered with a sort of hood, of a fine deep glossy black; the cheeks are white; the belly is of a greenish yellow, divided down the middle by a line of black reaching to the extremity: the upper parts of the body are of an olive grey. 2. The blue titmouse, which is four inches and a half long the top of the head is blue, sides of the head white, legs and claws black. 3. The coal titmouse, which is less than the last species; and the bill, head, throat, and part of the breast are black. 4. The long-tailed titmouse. The length of this bird is somewhat more than five inches, of which the tail itself is rather more than three inches. This bird is not very common, but may sometimes be seen flying from one tree-top to another; and, in consequence of its long tail, appears like a dart shooting through the air. The goldfinch is sometimes seen. The chaffinch is very common, commencing its song early in February, and continuing it to the middle of summer. The house-sparrow is every where to be met with. The hedge-sparrow is heard in the garden of the Observatory, and in the plantation on the east side of the park, &c., uttering its short The little sprightly wren may be frequently seen hopping along the pales on the south side of the park. This bird is of a hazel brown colour, and spotted: it has a very lively song, and loud, considering its size; and in singing, frequently erects its tail. The golden-crowned wren. This is supposed to be the least of all European birds: it is certainly the smallest of the British kinds, being in length not quite three inches and a half, and weighing only seventy-six grains. Its bill is very slender and dark; eyes hazel; on the top of its head the feathers are of a bright orange colour, bordering on each side with black, which forms an arch above its eyes, and with which it sometimes conceals the crown by contracting the muscles of the head. The back is of an olive colour, and the belly of a pale reddish white; the coverts of the wings are of a dusky brown, edged with yellow, and tipped with white. These curious little birds delight in the tallest trees. I have frequently seen them on the tops of the firs near the Royal Observatory. They are very agile, and are almost continually in motion, fluttering from branch to branch, creeping on all sides of the trees, clinging to them in every situation, and often hanging like the titmice. Their song is melodious, but very weak they have beside a sharp shrill cry, somewhat like that of the grashopper. Though apparently of so delicate a nature, yet they brave our coldest winters. Yet kingly crown'd, the brisk and sprightly wren,— His ermine mantle on the wither'd lawn, Salutes with melody the chilling breeze, I have not seen the linnet in the park, but it is plentiful among the furz-bushes on Blackheath. The skylark, on his downy pinions, may be heard singing delightfully over the fields in the neighbourhood. The woodlark is here : rarely heard a few years ago, in the month of June, I heard one warbling to the south-east part of the park at midnight. Some of the smaller species of woodpeckers are frequently seen running up and down the trees; and they may often be heard beating with their bills on the bark, to extricate the larvæ of insects on which they feed. The black-and-white water-wagtail may be seen running on the ground, and frequently leaping after flies and other insects, on which it feeds. It is often to be met with in the neighbourhood of the ponds to the south-east side of the park. The redbreast is very common, and heard singing all the year round. The young redbreast, when full feathered, may be taken for a different bird, being spotted all over with rust-coloured spots on a light ground: the first appearance of the red is about the end of August, but it does not attain its full colour till the end of the following month. The starling is often heard chattering on the tops of the trees; the song-thrush pours forth his melodious lays, and the blackbird's mellow notes are frequently heard. The screech owl inhabits some of the old trees, and I have often heard it utter its dismal cries in the cold frosty nights of winter, which has led me to think of the verse in Grey's elegy: 66 From yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain (To be concluded in our next.) THE PIOUS DEAD, MR. REYNOLDS, of Shrewsbury, after reading Tong's Memoirs of Mr. Henry, wrote this reflection :-" And now, dear saint, farewell. Thy memory is fragrant on earth. Thy works will perpetuate thy fame. Thy spirit is gone to those that are made perfect. I am following after thee, tried, sinning, and sighing: but I have one motive more to quicken me in my course,-that I shall meet the loving NOTICES OF ANIMATED AND VEGETABLE NATURE. FOR JUNE, 1833. "O! there's a wild rose in yon rugged dell, Fragrant as that which blooms the garden's pride; And there's a sympathy no tongue can tell, And there is music in that whispering rill, Far more delightsome than the raging main; Than to the grandest palace can 'pertain: Throughout the chambers of the mightiest king, As the pure calm that rests upon this scene, 'Mid sporting lambkins and the songs of spring: Yet oft attracted by some dazzling show, Man flies from peace, pursuing gilded woe." 1st WEEK. Various species of young birds are now to be seen: the insect-tribes are busy: the female glow-worm displays her beautiful lamp in the evenings, on heaths, mossy banks, &c., "To captivate her favourite fly, And tempt the rover through the dark." The bee gathers honey from numerous blossoms; and the butterfly flies before us from flower to flower, like a fairy that would lure us onward to adventures. The beautiful water-lilies, yellow and white, are now in flower; the yellow iris, with its green and glossy spears, succeeds the water-violet in ponds and marshes; and the whole face of the country is blushing with blossoms. 2d Week. The burnet-moth and the horse-fly appear: bees swarm. The pretty scarlet pimpernal is common in waste-ground, opening in fine and closing in wet weather, in consequence of which it has obtained the name of the "Poor man's weather-glass:" heaths and commons begin to lose the light of the broom-bush, which now forms its snapping pods; and the raspberry-bush bears promise of its delicate fruit. 3d Week.-Rooks desert the rookery, and are seen feeding their young in almost every pasture and umbrageous tree: the swallow and swift career in clear skies; and "Ten thousand insects in the air abound, Flitting on glancing wings that yield a summer sound." The hairy willow-herb displays her showy corals; the queen of the meadows commences her fragrant reign, and the white convolvulus gleams like moonlight upon the hedges by the way-side. 4th Week.-Many of the singing birds discontinue their song, and retire to the woods: the cuckoo is no longer heard. The golden-green beetle is seen; various kinds of flies appear; the cuckoo-spit insect now is common, and the stag-beetle hovers in the air in the evenings: the numerous species of aphides (or plantlice) are now found on many plants, particularly on the rose-tree and bean; and tadpoles appear in great swarms in ponds and ditches. Clover is now in blossom, and yields its delightful fragrance; the poppy, fox-glove, and elder-tree are in blow, and the several species of corn and grasses are in flower. Greenwich, Kent. WILLIAM ROGERSON. BRIEF ASTRONOMICAL NOTICES, FOR JUNE, 1833. "Almighty Power! amazing are thy ways, The THE SUN rises on the 1st at fifty-one minutes past three, and sets at five minutes after eight: on the 12th he rises at forty-five minutes past three, and sets at fourteen minutes after eight. Sun enters the solsticial sign Cancer on the 21st, at seventeen minutes past five in the afternoon, at which time the summer quarter commences; and on the 28th the Sun rises at forty-seven minutes after three, and sets at eighteen minutes after eight. The MOON is full on the 2d, at ten minutes before twelve at noon; and rises on the 3d at a quarter past nine in the evening: she rises on the 5th at ten o'clock, and on the 7th at midnight. The Moon enters on her last quarter on the 10th, at twenty minutes past twelve at noon; and rises on the 12th at half-past one in the morning. The Moon changes on the 17th, at ten minutes past eleven at night; and sets on the 20th at forty minutes after ten in the evening she enters on her first quarter on the 24th, at thirty minutes past three in the afternoon; and passes the meridian on the 26th at ten minutes before eight: she souths on the 28th at halfpast nine, and on the 30th at a quarter after eleven, at night. MERCURY is invisible. VENUS is now a morning star, and is to be seen in the eastern horizon before sun-rise: she appears a beautiful crescent through a good telescope. MARS sets on the 8th at twenty minutes past eleven, and on the 26th about half-past ten, at night. JUPITER appears in the mornings: he rises on the 4th at two o'clock, and on the 15th about one hour earlier. SATURN is to be seen in the south-west after sun-set: his ring is invisible, even through a powerful telescope, till the 10th; afterwards it may be discerned. Saturn sets on the 16th about mid |