k-snipe, _Gallinago minima_.
8. Wood-pigeon, _OEnas_. Seldom appears till
late; not in such plenty
as formerly.
9. Wild-swan, _Cygnus ferus_. On some large waters.
10. Wild-goose, _Anser ferus_. )
11. Wild-duck, _Anas torquata )
minor_.
12. Pochard, _Anas fera fusca_. )
13. Wigeon, _Penelope_. ) On our lakes and
streams.
14. Teal, breeds with _Querquedula_. )
us in Wolmer
Forest,
15. Gross-beak, _Coccothraustes_. ) These are only
wanderers that
16. Cross-bill, _Loxia_. ) appear occasionally,
and are not
17. Silk-tail, _Garrulus ) observant of any
bohemicus_. regular migration.

The birds, as they stand numerically, belong to the following Linnaean
genera:--

1,2,3, Turdus. 9,10,11,12,13,14, Anas.
4, Corvus. 15,16, Loxia.
5,6,7, Scolopax. 17, Ampelis.
8, Columba.

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 Among reeds and willows.
minor_.

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, etc.

LETTER II.

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 th