BIRDS OF PASSAGE. 121 
RAII NOMINA. 
11. Wild-duck, Anas torquata minor : ^ 
12. Pochard, Anas f era fusca: ) 
MiTifar breeds Z'"^'"^"' Un ourlakes and streams, 
with us in > Querquedula : \ 
Wolmer-forest ) 
15. Crossbill, Loxia : ( These are only wanderers that appear 
16. Grosbeak, Coccothrausfes ■< occasionally, and are not observant 
17. Silk-tail, Garrulus bohemicus : of any regular migration. 
These birds, as they stand numerically, belong to the following 
Linnaean 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, Almda 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, Selhorne, 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 list 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. 
+ Sedge-reedliiig {salicaria phragmitis) . There are several other birds which sing occasionally 
bymght, though not habitually. I have seen the skylark rise singing when nearly dark.— En. 
