OF SELBORNE. 47 
LETTER XI. 
Selborne, September 9, 1767. 
Ir will not be without impatience that I shall wait. 
for your thoughts with regard to the falco: as to 
its weight, breadth, &c. I wish I had set them 
down at the time; but, to the best of my remem. 
brance, it weighed two pounds and eight ounces, 
and measured, from wing to wing, thirty-eight 
inches. Its cere and feet were yellow, and the 
circle of its eyelids a bright yellow. As it had 
been killed some days and the eyes were sunk, I 
could make no good observation on the colour ot 
the pupils and the zrides. 
The most unusual birds I ever observed in these 
parts were a pair of Hooross (upupa), which came 
several years ago in the summer, and frequented 
an ornamented piece of ground which joins to my 
garden forsome weeks. They used to march about 
in a stately manner, feeding in the walks many times 
