LETTER XX. 



To the same. 



SELBORNE, October 8th, 1768. 

 T is I find in zoology as it is in botany ; all 

 nature is so full that that district produces 

 the greatest variety which is the most ex- 

 amined. Several birds, which are said to 

 belong to the north only, are it seems often 

 in the south. I have discovered this summer 

 three species of birds with us, which writers 

 mention as only to be seen in the northern counties. The 

 first that was brought me (on the i4th of May) was the sand- 

 piper, tringa hypoleucus : it was a cock bird, and haunted the 

 banks of some ponds near the village ; and, as it had a com- 

 panion, doubtless intended to have bred near that water. 

 Besides, the owner has told me since, that on recollection, he 



