The Natural History of Selborne

Blue mist. Vulg. called London smoke. Quae: Does this meteorous appearance shew itself on the N:E. side of London when the wind is N:E? If that is the case then that mist cannot proceed from the smoke of the metropolis. This mist has a strong smell, & is supposed to occasion blights. When such mists appear they are usually followed by dry weather. They have somewhat the smell of coal-smoke & therefore are supposed to come from London as they always come to us with a N:E:wind.

Storm, rain, sleet.

Saw bustards on Salisbury plain: they resemble fallow-deer at a distance.  Partridges pair.  Wild-geese in the winter do damage to the green wheat on Salisbury plain.

Yellow-hammer, emberiza flava, sings.  Bee gathers on the snow-drops.  Bunting sings.

Linnets whistle inwardly as they sit in flocks.

Bunting, emberiza alba, in small flocks.

Most vehement wind, with snow!!! Wind blows off tiles & thatch.

Crocus vernus.  Hedge-sparrow, curruca, sings. Vast halo round the moon.

Corylus avellana.  masc: fem.

White wagtails sing a sort of song.  Paths are steady.