The Natural History of Selborne

Gathered-in my early white pippins.

Lapwings leave the low grounds, & come to the uplands in flocks.  A pair of honey-buzzards, & a pair of wind-hovers appear to have young in the hanger.  The honey-buzzard is a fine hawk, & skims about in a majestic manner.

Cow-grass housed.  Gathered heaps of Cucumbers.

Mrs Brown brought to bed of a boy, who added to 49 before, encreased my nephews & nieces to the round number of 50.

Stone-curlews pass over followed by their young, which make a piping, wailing noise.

Vast numbers of partidges.  A young fern-owl shot at Newton.

Bror Thos. sons & daughter come from Fyfield.

The shooters find many coveys, but not large ones. Not one wasp.