BIRDS OF PASSAGE. 
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RAII NOMINA. 
1 1. Wild-duck, Anas torquata minor : ^ 
12. Pochard, Anas f era fusca : j 
Itxifar breeds Z*'' Vo„ our lakes a.>d streams, 
with us in > Querquedula : j 
Wolmer-forest ) 
15. Crossbill, Loxia : C These are only wanderers that appear 
16. Grosbeak, Coccothraustes :* ) occasionally, and are not observant 
17. Silk-tail, Garrulus bohemicus: I of any regular migration. 
These birds, as they stand numerically, belong to the following 
Linnsean genera: — 
1, 2, 3, Turdus: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 
4, Corvus : Anas : 
5,6,7, Scolopax: 15,16, Loxia: 
8, Columba: 17. Ampelis. 
Birds that sing in the night are but few. 
Nightingale, Luscinia : "In shadiest covert hid." — Milton. 
Woodlark, Alauda arborea : Suspended in mid air. 
Less reed-sparrow. Passer arundinaceus minor : Among reeds and willows. t 
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 observa- 
tions on some birds concerning the continuation of whose song 
I seem at present to have some doubt. 
I am, &c. 
LETTER II. To the Hon. DAINES BARRINGTON. 
DEAR SIR, Selborne, Nov. 2, 1769- 
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 
neighbourhood ; and also a Hst of the winter-birds of passage : 
I mentioned besides those soft-billed birds that stay with us the 
winter through in the south of England, and those that are re- 
markable for singing in the night. 
According to my proposal, I shall now proceed to such birds 
(singing birds strictly so called) as continue in full song till after 
Midsummer; and shall range them somewhat in the order in 
which they first begin to open as the spring advances. 
* The grosbeak is a resident species, though of rare occurrence. — Ed. 
t Sedge- reedling {salicaria phmgmitis) . There are several other birds which sing occasionally 
by night, though not habitually. 1 have seen the skylark rise singing when nearly dark.— Ed. 
