THB 



NATURAL HISTORY 



OF 



SELBORNE. 



PART II. LETTER I. 



WHEN I was in town last month, I partly en- 

 gaged that I would some time do myself the honour 

 to write to you on the subject of natural history ; 

 and I am the more ready to fulfil my promise, be- 

 cause I see you are a gentleman of great candour, 

 and one that will make allowances, especially where 

 the writer professes to be an outdoor 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 which I have discovered in this neigh- 

 bourhood, ranged somewhat in the order in whic' 

 they appear : 



USUALLY APPEARS 



RAII NOMINA. . 7 



ABOUT 



1 Wr neck $ Jynx, sive tor- \ The middle of March : /"' 



I quillet. ) harsh note. & < 



2. Smallest wil- } Regulus non cris- ? March 23 : chirps till /<JM 



low -wren, \ tatus. \ September. %^ . j* 



3. Swallow, \ Hi d *""} April 13. 



4. Martin, Hirundo rustica. Ditto. /* 4 -~ 



5. Sand-martin, Hirundo riparia. Ditto. /fe g 



6. Black-cap, Atricapilla. Do. a sweet wild note. 



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