THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE. ° 103 
11. Wild-duck. 
12. Pochard. 
13. Widgeon. On our lakes and streams. 
14. Teal, breeds with us in 
Wolmer Forest. 
15. Grosbeak. These are only wanderers that appear occasion- 
16. Crossbill. { ally, and are not observant of any regular 
17. Silktail. migration. 
Birds that sing in the night are but few.! 
Nightingale. “In shadiest covert hid.” MILTON. 
Woodlark. Suspended in mid-air. 
Less reed-sparrow. 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. 
LETTER II, 
SELBORNE, Mov. 2nd, 1769. 
When I did myself the honor 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 
neighborhood ; 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 
_ remarkable 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 
1 This list does not exhaust the number of those that sing in the night; 
it might also include the cuckoo, the skylark, the reed-warbler, and others. 
