OF SELBORNE 149 



I am pleased to see that my description 

 of the 7noose corresponds so well with 



yours. I am, &c. 



LETTER XXXIII. 



TO THE SAME. 

 DEAR SIR; Selborne, Nav. 26, 1770. 



I WAS much pleased to see, among the col- 

 lection of birds from Gibraltar, some of 

 those short-winged English summer-birds 

 of passage, concerning whose departure we 

 have made so much inquiry. Now if these 

 birds are found in Andalusia to migrate to 

 and from Barhary, it may easily be sup- 

 posed that those that come to us may mi- 

 grate back to the continent, and spend 

 their Winters in some of the warmer parts 

 of Europe, This is certain, that many soft- 

 billed birds that come to Gibraltar appear 

 there only in Spring and Autumn, seeming 

 to advance in pairs towards the northward. 



