14 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE 



sent you a caprimulgus\ supposing that it might be possible 

 that you might be unacquainted with that.] 



[The mildness of the season has induced the birds to 

 sing early this side in the order following : 1 



Missel bird : . Jan : 2 



Sky-lark: a little, Jan : 21 



Wood-lark : . . . . Jan : 24 



Titmouse great black : . Jan : 24 



Chaffinch : .... Jan : 24 



Black-bird : . . . . Jan : 24 



Thrush : Jan : 24 



Skylark : Jan : 27, sings out. 



White wagtail : . . . I J an '\ 2 \ & a Sort f A T g ' 



( which I never observed before. 



Nuthatch : Feb : I, chatters. 



Hedge-sparrow : . Feb : 6, sings out. 



Many buntings in these open fields.] 



1 On the back of the preceding fragment this list appears. [R. B. S. 



