

LETTERS TG THE HON. DAINES BARRINGTON. 



LETTER I. 



SELBORNE, June 30/7*, 1769. 



DEAR SIR, When I was in town last month I partly engaged 

 that I would sometimes do myself the honour to write to you on 

 the subject of natural 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 outdoor naturalist, one that takes his observa- 

 tions from the subject itself, and not from the writings of others. 



THE FOLLOWING IS A LlST OF THE SUMMER BlRDS OF PASSAGE 

 WHICH I HAVE DISCOVERED IN THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD, RANGED 

 SOMEWHAT IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY APPEAR: 



1. Wryneck. 



2. Smallest willow- 



wren, 



3. Swallow, 



4. Martin, 



5. Sand-martin, 



6. Black-cap, 



7. Nightingale, 



8. Cuckoo, 



9. Middle willow-wren, 



10. White-throat, 



11. Red-start, 

 '12. Stone-Curlew, 



13. Turtle-dove, 



RAII NOMINA. 



Jynx, sive Torquilla, 



Regulus non cristatus. 



Hirundo domestica. 



Hirundo rustica. 



Hirundo riparia. 



Atricapilla. 



Luscinia. 



Cuculus. 



Regulus non cristatus. 



Ficedulce affinis. 

 Ruticilla. 

 (Edicnemus. 

 Turfur. 



USUALLY APPEARS ABOUT. 



C The middle of March : harsh 

 \ note. 



( March 23rd : chirps till 

 I September. 



April 1 3th. 



Ditto. 



Ditto. 



Ditto : a sweet wild note. 



Beginning of April. 



Middle of April. 



Ditto: a sweet plaintive note. 

 C Ditto : mean note ; sings on 

 \ till September. 



Ditto : more agreeable song. 

 f End ol March : loud noc- 

 ( turnal whistle. 



