Hirundo Rustica, Swallow.--First observed, Whitby and Hunstanton
L.H.'s, on April 13th; Yarmouth and Hanois L.H., Guernsey, on 14th;
in no numbers anywhere till the end of the month. Hanois L.H., April
22d, all day in two's and three's, sometimes six or seven, low on water
to N.E. and E. Leman and Ower L.V., 30th, 9 A.M. to noon, great many
to S.W. Tees L.V., April 27th, six to N.W.; May 16th, 17th, 18th, and
21st, great numbers, two and three together to N.W. Farn L.H., 19th
and 20th, rush. Hunstanton, May 4th, rush to S.W. all day. Swin Middle
L.V., July 11th, 12th, 14th, 15th, and 16th, numbers from E. to W.; on
14th, five flocks of about twenty each between 3 and 4 A.M.
Autumn: Hanois L.H., September 15th, 16th, and 17th, rush to S. about
mid-day, and on 20th at sunset; and 21st during morning, to S.W.
and S., as many as twenty-five together. Swin Middle L.V., October
2d and 3d, 7.30 to noon, at intervals to S.E.; and at Hunstanton
on October 1st, 3d, and 4th. Nab L.V. (Channel), October 1st, at
intervals daylight till dusk, twenty together, to S., wind S. to S.E.
(4). Languard L.H., October 3d.--Mr Owen Boyle writes: "Thousands of
Swallows congregated here at 6.45 A.M., pitched on the lantern top and
gallery rails; every available spot was covered with them. Thousands
also were on the wing all round the lighthouse. The birds pitched were
all quite silent. At 8.10 A.M. they all rose in a mass, and went to the
S.W.; not one was to be seen at noon." Trent Lock, October 3d, hundreds
congregating on telegraph wires. Kentish Knock L.V., October 1st,
several to S. Hanois L.H., October 6th, great many; last seen, Spurn,
November 1st, one. Lewes, Sussex, 8th, some to W. From September 30th
to October 7th pressure system cyclonic; type first south-westerly and
afterwards south-easterly.
Chelidon Urbica, Martin.--Cromer L.H., May 15th, first. Autumn: South
Sand Head L.V., September 24th, twenty to thirty Martins; 29th, twenty
Martins to N.W. Farn L.H., October 5th, one flying round tower.
Great Cotes, November 15th, last seen, one. _Cotile riparia_, Sand
Martin.--On the 8th of August I saw between six and seven hundred
perched together on the telegraph wires by the turnpike side near
Tamworth.
Ligurinus Chloris, Greenfinch.--Swin Middle L.V., October 18th, during
day, with others at intervals to the W. Farn L.H., January 3d to 8th,
seven. _Carduelis elegans_, Goldfinch.--Hanois L.H., September 24th,
N.E., 9 A.M., large flock to S.E.
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