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• Lathreca fqmmmaria, tooth-wort,— in the Church-litten-coppice
under fome hazels near the foot-bridge, in Trimming's garden
hedge, and on the dry wall oppofite Grange-yard;
Dipfacus pilofus, fmallteafel,— in the Short and Long Lith.
Lathyrus Jylveftris, narrow-leaved, or wild lathyrus,— in the
bullies at the foot of the Short Lith, near the path ; .
Ophrys fpiralis, ladies traces,— in the Long Lith, and towards the
fouth-corner 'of the common ;
Ophrys nidus avis, birds’ neft ophrys,— in the Long Lith under the
fhady beeches among the dead leaves; in Great Horton among the
bulhes, and on the Hanger plentifully;
Serapias latifolia, helleborine,— in the High-wood under the fhady
beeches;
Daphne laureola, fpurge laurel,— in Selborne-Hanger and the High-
wood;
Daphne mezereum, the mezereon,— in Selborne-Hanger among the
fhrubs at the fouth-eaft end above the cottages.
Lycoperdon tuber, truffles,— in the Hanger and High-wood.
Sambucus ebulus, dwarf elder, walwort, or danewort,— among
the rubbilh and ruined foundations of the Priory.
L E T T E R XLII.
TO TH E S AM E .
f 1 Omnibus animalibus reliquis certus et uniulmodi, et in fuo cuique genere
(< inceffus: eft aves tolas vario meatu feruntur, etin terra, et in acre.”
P l in . Hift. Nat. lib. x. cap. 38.
D E A R S IR , S e i b o x n e , Aug. 7 , 1 7 7 8 .
’A g o o d ornithologift Ihould be able to diftinguilh birds by their
air as well as by their colours and Ihape; on the ground as well
as on the wing, and in the bufh as well as in the hand. For,
though it muft not be faid that every fpecies o i birds has a manner
peculiar to itfelf, yet there is fomewhat in moll genera at leaft, that
at firft light difcriminates them, and enables a judicious obferver
to pronounce upon' them with fome certainty. Put a bird in
motion
“ — -— Et vera inccftu patuit — —. -— ”
Thus kites and buzzards fail round in circles with wings expanded
and motionlefs; and it is from their gliding maimer that the
former are ftill called in the north of England gleads, from the Saxon
verb glidan, to glide. The kejlrel, or wind-hover, has a peculiar mode
of hanging in the air in one place, his wings all the while being
brilkly agitated. Hen-harriers fly low over heaths or fields of corn,
and beat the ground regularly like a pointer or fetting-dog. Owls
move in a buoyant manner, as if lighter than the air; they feem
to want ballaft. There is a peculiarity belonging to ravens that
muft draw the attention even of the moft incurious— they fpend all
their