LETTER XXV. 



To THE FIONOURABLE DaINES BaRRINGTON. 



When I was in town last month I partly engaged 

 that I would some time do myself the honour to 

 write to you on the subject of natural history : and 1 

 am the more ready to fulfil my promise, because I 

 see you are a gentleman of great candour, and one 

 that will make allowances; especially where the 

 writer professes to be an out-door naturalist, one 

 that takes his observations from the subject itself, 

 and not from the writings of others. 



The following is a list of the summer birds of 

 passage which I have discovered in this neighbour- 

 hood, ranged somewhat in the order in which they 

 appear: 







RATI NOMINA. 



APPEARS ABOUT 



I. 



Wryneck, j 



[ Jiinx, sive tor- ' 

 [ quilld. 



1 The middle of March : harsh 

 1 note. 



2. 



Smallest wil- 



\ Regulus non mV- 1 March 23 : chirps till Septem- 

 [ tatus. J ber. 





low-wren, 



3. 



Swallow, 



Hirnndo domestica. 



April 13. 



4. 



Martin, 



Hirundo riistica. 



Ditto. 



5. 



Sand-martin, 



Hirundo riparia. 



Ditto. 



6. 



Blackcap, 



A tricapilla. 



April 13 : a sweet wild note. 



7. 



Nightingale, 



Luscinia. 



Beginning of April. 



8. 



Cuckoo, 



Cu.ulus. 



Middle of April. 



9- 



Middle wil- J 

 low-wren, [ 



' Regulus non cris- 1 

 tatus. J 



V Ditto : a sweet plaintive note. 



10. 



White-throat, 



Ficedula affinis. \ 



f Ditto: mean note; sings on 

 [ till September. 



II. 



Red-start, 



Ruticilla. 



Ditto : more agreeable song. 



12. 



Stone-curlew, 



Oedicnemus, \ 



fEnd of March: loud nocturnal 

 [ whistle. 



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