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in the recent fogs. To the best of my belief, no bird migrates until it 

 has completely moulted. As night approached, the Swallows seemed very 

 restless, flying swiftly round the vessel, and occasionally venturing almost 

 out of sight; but, as if their hearts failed them, they returned after an 

 absence of a few minutes. At last they took themselves off, and we saw 

 no more of them. 



All our guests had thus left us, except the pair of Wagtails, and the 

 following day one of these disappeared, but the survivor seemed determined 

 to emigrate. In the boat which hung at the vessel's stern a number of 

 cabbages and lettuces had been stowed away when we left England, and 

 had become spoiled and unfit for use; some small flies and insects had 

 bred there, and our little friend soon found them out and made a famous 

 meal off them, and having taken a drink of water at the fowls' coops, 

 began to preen his feathers and make himself quite at home. Of course 

 he became a great favourite, and remained with us until we entered the 

 southern tropic, but I regret to add he fell a prey at last to a prowling 

 cat. 



FIRST APPEARANCE OF MIGRATORY BIRDS IN THE 

 NEIGHBOURHOOD OF KILNSEY, IN CRAVEN, YORKSHIRE. 



BY EDWARD J. MAUDE, ESQ. 



The village of Kilnsey, which lies in the upper part of the valley of 

 the Wharfe, and a mountain limestone district, is six hundred feet above 

 the level of the sea, and the moors in the neighbourhood range from 

 one thousand to two thousand three hundred feet high, but all the 

 following first appearances occurred between the level of six hundred and 

 a thousand feet. Swallows and Wagtails, (yellow and grey,) make their 

 appearance there considerably later than stated in Morris's "British Birds," 

 which may be accounted for by the great elevation of the district, but it 

 is rather remarkable that the Common Sandpiper should arrive so much 

 earlier than the usual average. 



Black-headed Bunting, March 19th., 1857. 



Ring Ouzel, " 21st., " 



Wheatear, March 28th., 1856. " 23rd., « 



Common Sandpiper, April 1st., M 



Chimney Swallows, April 21st., " « 13th., " 



House Martin, " « " " 16th., « 



Redstart, " " « 16th., " 



Yellow Wagtail, " 22nd., " " 18th., " 



Grey Wagtail, " 22nd., « 



Cuckoo, * 18th., " " 27th., « 



