loo The Natural History 



LETTER 1 



TO THE HONOURABLE DAINES BARRINGTON 



Se I borne, June 30, 1 769. 

 Dear Sir, 

 When I was in town last month I partly engaged that 

 I would sometime do myself the honour to write to you 

 on the subject of natural history : and I am the more 

 ready to fulfil my promise, because I see you are a 

 gentleman of great candour, and one that will make 

 allowances ; especially where the writer professes to be 

 an out-door naturalist, one that takes his observations from 

 the subject itself, and not from the writings of others. 



The following is a LIST of the Summer Birds of 

 Passage wJiich I have discovered i?t this neighbour- 

 hood^ ranged somewhat in the order in which they 

 appear. 



RAII NOMINA. 



fynx^ sivc torqiiilla . 



I. Wry-neck, 



3- 

 4- 

 5- 



Smallest 



willow-wren, 



Swallow, 



Martin, 



Sand-martin, 



6. Black-cap, 



7. Nightingale, 



8. Cuckoo, 



9. Middle 

 willow-wren, 

 White-throat, 



USUALLY appears ABOUT 



The middle of March : 

 liarsh note. 

 J\egidus non cris- March 23 : chirps till Sep- 



10 



11. Red-start, 



12. Stone 



curlew, 

 13 Turtle-dove, 



14. Grasshopper- 



lark, 



15. Swift, 



tattis : 

 Hirundo doinesttca : 

 Hirtindo rttstica : 

 Fliriindo riparia : 

 Atricaptlla : 

 Liiscinia : 

 Cuctiltis : 

 I^eguhis non cris- 



tatiis : 

 FicedulcB affuiis : 



Kuiicilla 



Oedicncmus : 



Tiirtiir : 

 Alaiida miniijia 

 locustce voce : 



Hiru7ido apKS : 



tember. 



April 13. 



Ditto. 



Ditto. 



Ditto : a sweet wild note. 



Beginning of April. 



Middle of April. 



Ditto : a sweet plaintive 

 note. 



Ditto : mean note ; sings 

 on till September. 



Middle of April : more 

 agreeable song, 



End of March ; loud noc- 

 turnal whistle. 



Middle of April ; 

 sibilous note, 

 end of Jul)', 



About April 27. 



a small 

 till the 



