Preposition: of

• note: The only passerines of note were a few warblers, reduced from last week to 17 Willow Warbler and 2 Garden Warbler.

Converse of object

• see: However, failed breeders are often noted returning south, with waders and gulls passing through and the occasional passerine seen.

• winter: Wintering Palearctic passerines were in general not conspicuous - Woodchat Shrike was a particularly glaring omission.

• migrate: The entire coastline is good for sea watching and also highly attractive to migrating passerines with many rarities recorded.

• breed: Scrub areas are important for breeding passerines including Whitethroat Sylvia communis and Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia ( D. Bullock pers. comm.

• attract: Vedi Hills An arid gorge with a natural spring attracting many passerines to drink.

• seed-eating: Recent population changes among seed-eating passerines in the United Kingdom.

Adjective modifier

• migrant: This turned out to be the only migrant passerine I saw for the whole week!

• common: The common passerines were at their most abundant on this peninsula.

• small: Thus, any triangle of velocities could not direct a small passerine into our longitude.

• few: A small Barranco still held water and had attracted a few small passerines.

• other: Also seen in fields with other passerines in the Pyrenean valleys.

• many: Vedi Hills An arid gorge with a natural spring attracting many passerines to drink.

Modifies a noun

• migrant: Almost all passerine migrants that have been ringed at Ngulia must have passed through Ethiopia.

• migration: Here, the passerine migration seemed to have finally got into full swing, with large numbers of swallows.

• bird: No evidence for malaria infection during the nestling phase in a passerine bird ( submitted ).

• specie: The plan for the day was to see a number of the missing passerine species, at various sites on the way south.

• activity: Passerine activity was low, with everything seeming to be very quiet.

• passage: July 27th Autumn passerine passage continued to verge on the non-existent, but there was still plenty of interest today.

Preposition: in

• valley: Also seen in fields with other passerines in the Pyrenean valleys.