126 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE 



? uffin ' ., I Stay all the winter. 



Razor-bill, ) 



Lanius excubitor^ Common in Spain. 



Charadrius calidris, Winter and summer. 



Hirundo hyberna, Seen only in winter. 



Scolopax glottis, Common in winter. 



Tetrao coturnici similis, pedi- (Smaller than the quail, & 



bus tridactylis, \ called trail, or terraile. 2 



Edwards's grey redstart, 1 Fre <l uents J 6 same solitar y 



( parts as the redstart. 



The hirundo hyberna (for so I have named it) will prove, 

 I trust, a curiosity : for I cannot find it among Brisson's 17 

 species, nor among the 12 species of the Syst : Nat: It 

 has the aspect of an hirundo riparia ; but seems (for I have 

 had no opportunity of comparing it yet with our bank- 

 martin) to be much larger, & to have a redder cast on the 

 throat, breast & belly. Every feather of the tail, except the 

 two midmost & the two outmost, has a remarkable white 

 spot about midway. 



If the quail should prove to be a tridactyl species, & 

 not a variety, it will be curious. My Bro r speaks of them 

 as common ; & mentions the name by which sportsmen 

 distinguish them. For my part I think my specimen is in 

 colour much like a common hen-quail. Brisson mentions 

 quails in Madagascar that have no back toe ; 3 but the 

 cocks at least of his sort have a black throat, which mine 

 has not. 



The most curious Insects in my bottles were 



Scorpio Europceus, Onisci, 



A large cicade, Several Labri, 



Blatta Americana, Amoglossus, solea Icevis Raij, 



Some Caterpillars, Coryphtznapsittacus, 



Some Scarabaei, Cancer arctus, 



Scolopendra coleoptrata, Several curious cancri not 



Mantis religiosa, ascertained, 



Spiders, Cancer Diogenes, &c. 



Asilus barbarus, 



1 The Spanish Grey-Shrike (Lanius meridionalis). [R. B. S.] 

 8 The Andalusian Bush -Quail ( Turnix sylvatica\ Spanish " Torillo " (Irby). 

 [R. B. S.] 



3 Turnix nigricollis (Gm.). [R. B. S.] 



