THE 
NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE. 
PART II. 
IN A SERIES OF LETTERS ADDRESSED TO 
THE IHION. DAINES BARRINGTON, 
LETTER I. 
Selborne, June 30, 1769. 
Dear Sir,—WuHEn I was in town last month, I 
partly engaged that I would some time do myself 
the honour to write to you on the subject of natu. 
ral history ; and I am the more ready to fulfil my 
promise, because I see you are a gentleman of 
great candour, and one that will make allowances, 
especially where the writer professes to be an out- 
door naturalist; one that takes his observations 
from the subject itself, and not from the writings of 
others. 
The following is a List of the Summer Birds of Passage which I 
have discovered in this neighbourhood, ranged somewhat in the or- 
der in which they appear : 
Raii Nomina. Usually appears about 
Wrvneck ot tra sive Sakae The middle of March: 
id t harsh note. 
2. Smallest wil- : Recwles non cris-§ March 23: chirps till Sep- 
low-wren tatus . ; tember. 
3. Swallow Hirundo erenic April 13, 
