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Raii Nomina. 
Woodlark . . Alauda arborea . Suspended in mid air. 
Less reed-spar- § Passer arundina- ; Among reeds and wil- 
Tow . i ceus minor lows. 
I shall now proceed to such birds as continue to 
sing after Midsummer; but, as they are rather 
numerous, they would exceed the bounds of this pa- 
per; besides, as this is now the season [end of 
June] for remarking on that subject, I am willing 
to repeat my observations on some birds, concern- 
ing the continuation of whose song I seem at pres- 
ent to have some doubt. 
LETTER II. 
Selborne, Nov. 2, 1769. 
Dear Sir,—WuHeEn I did myself the honour to 
write to you about the end of last June, on the sub. 
ject of natural history, I sent you a list of the sum- 
mer birds of passage which I have observed in this 
neighbourhood, and also a list of the winter birds 
of passage ; I mentioned, besides, those soft-billed 
birds that stay with us the winter through in the 
south of England, and those that are remarkable 
for singing in the night. 
According to my proposal, I shall now proceed 
to such birds (singing-birds, strictly so called) as 
continue in full song till after Midsummer, and 
shall range them somewhat in the order in which 
they first begin to open as the spring advances. 
Raii Nomina. 
In January, and continues 
1. Woodlark . Alauda arborea ; to sing through all the 
summer and autumn. 
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