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NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE. 
3. Fieldfare, 
4. Royston-crow, 
5. Woodcock, 
6. Snipe, 
7. Jack-snipe, 
■ 8. "Wood-pigeon, 
9. Wild-swan, 
10. Wild-goose, 
11. Wild-duck, 
12. Pochard, 
13. Wigeon, 
14. Teal, breeds with us 
in Wolmer Forest, 
15. Cross-beak, 
16. Gross-bill, 
17. Silk-tail, 
EAII NOMINA. 
Turdus pilaris. 
Comix cinerea. 
Scolopax. 
Gallinago minor. 
Gallinago riiinima. 
(Enas. 
Cygnus ferns. 
Anser ferus. 
Anas torquata minor. 
Anas ferafusca. 
Penelope. 
• Querquedula. 
Coccothraustes. 
Loxia.. 
Garrulus bohemicus. 
( Though a percher by day, roosts 
( on the ground. 
Most frequent on downs. 
Appears about old Michaelmas. 
( Some snipes constantly breed 
( with us. 
f Seldom appears till late ; not in 
\ such plenty as formerly. 
On some large waters. 
•On our lakes and streams. 
/These are only wanderers that 
J appear occasionally, and are 
I not observant of any regular 
migration. 
These birds, as they stand numerically, belong to the following 
Linnaean genera : 
1, 2, 3, Turdus. 
4, Corvus. 
5, 6, 7, Scolopax. 
8, Columho.. 
9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, Anas. 
15, 16, Loxia. 
17, Ampelis. 
Birds that sing in the night are but few. 
Nightingale, 
Woodlark, 
Less reed-sparrow. 
Luscinia. 
Alauda arhorea. 
f Passer arundAnaceus 
\ minor. 
j" " In shadiest covert hid." 
( Milton. 
Suspended in mid air. 
|- Among reeds and willows. 
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 
