European elk are the same creature.

I am,

With the greatest esteem. etc.



Letter XXIX
To Thomas Pennant, Esquire

Selborne, May 12, 1770.

Dear Sir,

Last month we had such a series of cold turbulent weather, such a
constant succession of frost, and snow, and hail, and tempest, that
the regular migration or appearance of the summer birds was much
interrupted. Some did not show themselves (at least were not
heard) till weeks after their usual time; as the black-cap and white-
throat; and some have not been heard yet, as the grasshopper-lark
and largest willow-wren. As to the fly-catcher, I have not seen it; it
is indeed one of the latest, but should appear about this time: and
yet, amidst all this meteorous strife and war of the elements, two
swallows discovered themselves as long ago as the eleventh of
April, in frost and snow; but they withdrew quickly, and were not
visible again for many days. House-martins, which are always more
backward than swallows, were not observed till May came in.

Among the monogamous birds several are to be found, after