CHAPTEK X. 



Early in the year 1771 Mrs. Woods died. The loss 

 of this sister seems, from a letter of Mulso's, to have 

 been greatly felt by Gilbert White. 



On March 30th he addressed to Pennant what 

 "T)ecame Letter XXXIY. The original letter com- 

 menced — 



Your agreeable letter of Feb. 15th arrived while I was 

 from home, and since my return somewhat stiU has pre- 

 vented my sitting down to pay it that regard which it 

 deserved. 



You may probably have heard by means of Mr. Barrington, 

 who saw the contents while they lay in town, that I have 

 received another small cargo of birds from Gibraltar, with 

 a curious collection of insects. The birds were as follow : — 



Merops apiaster, 3 specimens, Eallus aquat. 



Loxia curvirostra, Motacilla flava. 



Scolopax cegocephala, M. & F., (Enanthe ? 



„ phceopus, Charadrius hiaticula, 



Oriolus galhula, 2 spec, Hematopus ostralegus. 



Alauda cristata, Leg & wing of strix hibo. 



Alauda „ ? 2 spec, Leg of ardea nycticorax. 



Coturnix tridact, Mas, Turdus af^ndinaceios. 

 Mot. (enanthe, M. & F. 



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