Natural History of Selborne & Observations on Nature

abound Alauda Andalusia animals appear April autumn birds of passage birds of prey blackcap breed brood called chaffinches colour cuckoo curious district eggs feed feet fern-owl fieldfares fields flocks frequently frost garden ground Hanger hatched haunt hedges hirundines Hirundo HONOURABLE DAINES BARRINGTON house-martins inches insects July July 13 July 22 June June 17 last seen late legs LETTER Linnæus manner martins migration morning Motacilla natural neighbour nest never Newton Valence night numbers observed owls ponds procure quadrupeds rain redwing remarkable remiges retire ring-dove ring-ousels rooks season seems SELBORNE Sept sings snow soft-billed soon species spring stone-curlew strange suppose Sussex swallow swifts Sylvia tail THOMAS PENNANT tion titmouse trees vast village weather wild wings winter Wolmer Forest wonder Woodlark woods wren young