May 19, 1775
Posted by sydney on May 19th, 1775
No chafers appear as yet: in those seasons that they abound they deface the foliage of the whole country, especially on the downs, where woods & hedges are scarce. Regulus non cristatus stridet voce locustulae: this bird, the latest & largest willow-wren, haunts the tops of the tallest woods, making a stammering noise at intervals, & shivering with it’s wings. Bank-martins abound over the ponds in the forest: swifts seldom appear in cold, black days round the church.
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