9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. Anas.
15, 16. Loxia.
17. Ampelis.
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 minor: 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.
I am, etc.