OF SELBORNE. 



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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 number 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 quadrupeds ! 



LETTER XLIX, 



TO THE SAME. 



Selborne, May 7, 1779- 



It is now more than forty years that I 

 have paid some attention to the orni- 

 thology of this district, without being able 

 to exhaust the subject : new occurrences 

 still arise as long as any inquiries are kept 

 alive. 



