within the influence of the sun, just under a little 

 heap of fresh-moved mould, like that which is raised 

 by ants. 



When mole-crickets fly they move cursu undoso, 

 rising and falling- in curves, like the other species 

 mentioned before. In different parts of this king- 

 dom people call them fen-crickets, churr-worms, and 

 eve-churrs, all very apposite names. 



Anatomists, who have examined the intestines of 

 these insects, astonish me with their accounts ; for 

 they say that, from the structure, position, and num- 

 ber of their stomachs, or maws, there seems to be 

 good reason to suppose that this and the two former 

 species ruminate or chew the cud like many quad- 

 rupeds! 

 Selborne. 



LETTER XCI. 

 To THE Honourable Daines Barrington. 



It is now more than forty years that I have paid 

 some attention to the ornithology of this district, 

 without being able to exhaust the subject: new 

 occurrences still arise as long as any inquiries are 

 kept alive. 



In the last week of last month five of those most 

 rare birds, too uncommon to have obtained an Eng- 

 lish name, but known to naturalists by the terms 



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