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solitary when shot, and had not the least appearance of having 

 been in confinement. On dissecting it, I found its stomach 

 full of wheat. As far as I have learned, I believe the bird 

 has never been found [before] so far north. The turtle dove 

 is said by naturalists to be migratory, arriving in the southern 

 parts of England about the end of April, and departing in 

 September, and to have been found as far north as Newcastle. 

 The specimen to which I allude is, perhaps, the first that has 

 been seen to the north of the Tay." 



[A Swift seen alive, wild, in Perthshire, on Nov. 8. 1834.]— 

 " As I am writing on natural history, I may mention that on 

 Saturday, Nov. 8., I saw, in this neighbourhood, a swift 

 (ffirundo ^4 v pus), a swallow latest in making its appearance, 

 and first away, appearing hereabouts about April 27. and 

 departing about August 27. How could this bird have sup- 

 ported itself during the frosty weather in the end of October? 

 Will it undertake a solitary emigration ? Or will it stay, and 

 be starved to death with cold and hunger ? Or will it sleep 

 through the winter like a bat? Perhaps some of Mr. Loudon's 

 correspondents will reply to these queries ; and you will oblige 

 me much by transmitting to him, at your convenience, the con- 

 tents of this letter." — Mr, William Adam, Manufacturer, 

 Errol, Perthshire, in a letter to Mr. Gorrie, Annat Gardens, 

 dated Errol, Nov. 18. 1834. 



A Swallow accidentally fettered into the Nest in which it had 

 been reared, and hence detained from accompanying other 

 Swallows in their Departure in Autumn from Britain : one of 

 its Parents had stayed to attend it. — After the departure of the 

 general flight of swallows, I observed that one remained, and 

 continued to go in and out of its nest several times a day. At 

 first I took no notice of it, thinking it to be a straggler which 

 had from some cause been left behind, and I expected it to 

 soon follow ; but my attention was at length attracted by its 

 still continuing to frequent the nest, and I determined to 

 examine the cause. Upon examining the nest, just after 

 the bird had left it, I found in it another, apparently full- 

 grown bird, which in vain endeavoured to make its escape. 

 Upon further examination, I found that the poor bird's leg 

 was fixed in a piece of cord, its claws being firmly secured in 

 it, in such a manner that the exertions of the poor bird itself, 

 and of its mother, were insufficient to release it. The two 

 swallows remained for a few days after the young one was 

 released, and then disappeared. — R. Dyneley Chamberlain. 

 Skipton in Craven, Nov. 19. 1834. 



The Storm Petrel (Procelldria peldgica L.). — An individual 

 was shot, a few weeks ago, on the banks of the Thames at 



