March 18, 1780

Posted by sydney on Mar 18th, 1780

No turnips to be seen on the road. Green plovers on the common. The uncrested wren, the smallest species, called in this place the Chif-chaf, is very loud in the Lythe. This is the earliest summer bird of passage, & the harbinger of spring. It has only two piercing notes.

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