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of these insects : but for other particulars, 

 too long for this place, we refer the reader 

 to V Histoire d' Insectes of that admirable 

 entomologist. Tom. iv. pi. 11. 



LETTER XVI. 



TO THE SAME. 



DEAR SIR; Selborne, Nov. 20, 1773. 



In obedience to your injunctions I sit 

 down to give you some account of the 

 house-martin, or martlet; and, if my mono- 

 graphy of this little domestic and familiar 

 bird should happen to meet with your ap- 

 probation, I may probably soon extend my 

 inquiries to the rest of the British liirun- 

 dines — the swallow, the swift, and the 

 bank-martin. 



A few house-martins begin to appear 

 about the sixteenth oi April ; usually some 



