NATURAL HISTORY 



I should now proceed to such birds as continue to 

 sing after Midsummer, but as they are rather numerous, 

 they would exceed the bounds of this paper : besides, 

 as this is now the season for remarking on that subject, 

 I am willing to repeat my observations on some birds 

 concerning the continuation of whose song I seem at 

 present to have some doubt. 



I am, &c. 



LETTER II. 



TO THE SAME. 

 DEAR SIR, SELBORNE, Nov. 2, 1769. 



WHEN I did myself the honour to write to you about 

 the end of last June on the subject of natural history, I 

 sent you a list of the summer 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. 



C In January, and continues to sing 

 1. Woodlark, Alauda arborea : j through all the summer and 



( autumn. 



2 Song-thrush 5 Turdus slmplicitcr < In February, and on to August ; 

 ' { dictus: I reassume their song in autumn. 



S.Wren, Passer troglodytes : All the year, hard frost excepted. 



4. Redbreast, Rvbccula: Ditto. 



6. Vellowham- 



5. Hedge spar- c nrruca . \ Early in February, to July the 



row, j ^ 10th. 



J r , . Wfr February and or. 



^hnibenzafluva: j through July to August the 



