92 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE. 



RAIT NOMINA. 



3. Fieldfare, Turdus pilaris. {'^'J^***'*"* 



4. Royston-crow, Comix cinerea. Most frequent on downs. 



5. Woodcock, Scolopax. Appears about old Michaelmas. 



6. Snipe, Gallmago minor. rSome^smpes constantly breed 



7. Jack-snipe, Gallinago minima. 



8. Wood-pigeon, B. | Seldom agpea^tmi^ot in 



9. Wild-swan, Cygnus ferus. On some large waters. 



10. Wild-goose, Anser ferus. 



11. Wild-duck, Anas torquata minor. \ 



12. Pochard, Anas fera fusca. 



13. Wigeon, Penelope. VOn our lakes and streams. 



14. Teal, breeds with us ) n , 7 



in Wolmer Forest, j fr**"*"* ) 



15 Cross'-beak rnrrntlirmitfe* /These are only wanderers that 



16.5ross-Mu,' Xo2 J appear occasionally, and are 



17. Silk-tail, 6'amito boJumicus. | no^servant of any regular 



These birds, as they stand numerically, belong to the following 

 Linnaean genera : 



1, 2, 3, Turdus. 9, 10, li; 12, 13, 14, Anas. 



4, Corvus. 15, 16, Loxia. 



5, 6, 7, Scolopax. . 17, Ampelis. 

 8, Columba. 



Birds that sing in the night are but few. 



Nightingale, luscinia. { " In shadiest "^JgJ^ 



Woodlark, Alauda arborea. Suspended in mid air. 



Less reed-sparrow, { P^rjrundinaceus | AmQDg reeds &nd ^^ 



I should now proceed to such birds as continue to sing after 

 Midsummer, but, as they are rather numerous, they would exceed the 

 bounds of this paper : besides, as this is now the season for remarking 

 on that subject, I am willing to repeat my observations on some birds 

 concerning the continuation of whose song I seem at present to have 

 some doubt. I am, &c. 



LETTEE II. 



TO THE SAME. 



SELBORNE, Nov. 2nd, 1769. 



DEAR SIR, When I did myself the honour to write to you about the 

 end of last June on the subject of natural history, I sent you a list 

 of the summer birds of passage which I have observed in this neigh- 

 bourhood ; and also a list of the winter-birds of passage : I mentioned 

 besides those soft-billed birds that stay with us the winter through 



