OF SELBORNE. 
LETTER 
II. 
TO THE SAME. 
DEAR SIR, 
Selborne, Nov. a, 1769. 
Wh EN I did myfelf the honour to write to you about the end of 
laft June on the fubjed: of natural hiftory, I fent you a Hft of the 
fummer-birds of palTage which I have obferved in this neighbour- 
hood ; and alfo a lift of the winter-birds of paffage : I mentioned 
befides thofe foft-billed birds that ftay with us the winter through 
in the fouth o( England, and thofe that are remarkable for fmging 
in the night. 
According to my propofal, I fhall now proceed to fuch birds 
(finging birds flri6lly fo called) as continue in full fong till after 
Midfummer ; and fliall range them fomewhat in the order in which 
they firft begin to open as the fpring advances. 
RAH NOMINA. 
1 . Wood-lark, 
Aiauda arhorea : 
In January, and continues to fing 
through all tlie fummer and 
autumn. 
In February and on to Augujl, re- 
6. Yellowhammer, Ember iza flava : 
3. Wren, PaJJer troglodytes : 
4. Redbreaft, Rubecula: 
5 . Hedge-fparrow, Curruca : 
{ 
July Augujl\\^<2. Z\^. 
In February, and on to 05lober. 
From April to September. 
Beginning- April io July 13th. 
All the year, hard froil excepted. 
Ditto. 
Early in February to July the loth. 
Early in February, and on through 
7. Skylark, Aiauda vulgaris : 
8. Swallow, Hirundo domejfica : 
5, Black-cap, Atricapilla: 
10. Titlark, 
