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town; and it is the highest point between London and Bristol. The prevailing 

 wind, for the last fortnight, has been north-east; cold, with occasional gleams 

 of sunshine. The Cuckoo has not yet made its appearance. — S. W. Lukis, 

 Great Bedwin, near Marlborough, Ajpnl 15th., 1851. 



Dates of arrival of the Swallow, (Hirundo rustica,) at Falmouth. — These 

 birds appear to manage time exceedingly well, when about to visit this locality; 

 that is, as far as their visits are known to me. I speak from personal 

 investigation, and not from 'hear say.' They arrived on April 15th., 1845; 

 on April 4th., 1846; on April 15th., 1847; on April 21st., 1848; on April 

 16th., 1849; and on April 10th., 1850. At eleven o'clock, a.m., a flock 

 consisting of twenty birds, crossed the bay to the pool; they appeared 

 exhausted, a stiff breeze from the south-east at the time. They have not yet 

 made their appearance this year. — W. P. Cocks, Falmouth, April 3rd., 1851. 



The Hirundo urhica arrived (two,) on Monday the 21st. of this month, 

 at Swanpool; wind south-west, with showers. On the 23rd., a large flock 

 was floating over the pool, — Idem, April 23rd., 1851. 



The Wryneck, (Yima; torquilla,) was heard on the 31st. of March, at 

 Oakley Beds, w^hich locality is interspersed with woods and young plantations: 

 wind in the west. — G. B. Clarke, Wohurn, Beds., April 10th., 1851. 



The Little Willow Wren, or Chiff Chaff, (Sylvia hippolais.) — On April 3rd., 

 in Woburn Park, Beds., the wind at the time in the south-west : this locality 

 is, I think, too well known to need description. Suffice it to say, it is a mass of 

 evergreen throughout the winter, and in the summer, very few places can vie 

 with it, as the walks and drives about it are delightful. It is a most beautiful 

 sip"ht in the months of May and June, to see the Ehododendrons and other 

 flowering shrubs in full bloom, there being such immense quantities of them 

 among the evergreens. — Idem. 



A Swallow seen on April 15th. — A Swallow, (Hirundo rustica,) was seen 

 by me this morning, sporting over the surface of a piece of water, in Woburn 

 Park, called ''Big Braekelow:" wind east. On the 17th. and 18th. they 

 were plentiful in this neighbourhood, the wind having shifted into the south 

 on the 16th., and the south-west on the 17th., where it remains now. On 

 the 18th., the Nightingale and Cuckoo were both heard here. — Idem, 

 April Idth., 1851. 



Arrival of the Swallow at Totnes. — The Swallow, [Hirundo rustica,) made 

 its first appearance in this part yesterday, the IGth. I was fishing on the 

 Dart, about 11 o'clock, and saw one fly over my head, and a few minutes 

 after saw two more. Wind south-east by east; weather showery and mild; 

 indeed the 16th. was the first mild day we have had here for a fortnight. 

 The Sand Martin, {H. riparia^ arrived here on the 14th. inst.; and the 

 Redstart, (Phcenicura ruticilla,) on the 17th. — S. Hannaford, Jun., Totnes, 

 Devon, April, 18th., 1851. 



