1(X) XATURAL HISTORV 



LETTER XXI. 



TO THE SAME. 



DEAR SIR; Selborxe, Nov. 28, \768. 



With regard to tlie oedicnemus, or stone 

 curlew, I intend to write very soon to my 

 friend near Chichester, in whose neighbour- 

 hood these birds seem most to abound ; and 

 shall urge him to take particular notice 

 when they begin to congregate, and after- 

 ward «to watch them most narrowly M'he- 

 tlier thev do not withdraw themselves dur- 

 ing the dead of the Winter. When I have 

 obtained information with respect to this 

 circumstance, I shall have finished my his- 

 tory of the stone-curlew ; which 1 hope will 

 prove to your satisfaction, as it will be, I 

 trust, very near the truth. This gentleman, 

 as he occupies a large farm of his own, and 

 is abroad early and late, will be a very 

 proper spy upon the motions of these birds: 

 and besides, as I have prevailed on him to 



