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flying over the same pond ; it signalised its arrival by 

 pitching right and left into the Sand-Martins located 

 here since April 21. On Thursday, April 20, 1865, at 

 5.50 p.m., I saw one Swallow fly over St. Germain's 

 Place. On April 18, 1866, at 6 p.m., I saw an old 

 Swallow fly north across Blackheath. April 24, half-a- 

 dozen Swallows hawking over Upper Long Pond in 

 Blackheath Park. April 26, in the evening, saw one 

 Swallow take a turn or two under the lee of the gravel- 

 pits by Greenwich Park wall, and then fly off north." 



The first Swallow seen by Mr. W. H. Power at 

 Eainham was on April 18, 1865. The first Swallow 

 seen at Maidstone in 1867 was on April 15, and again 

 on April 23, 1868. It had been flying about in a snow- 

 storm. 



Mr. F. D. Power, in his notes on the birds at Rainham, 

 during September and October, 1868, states that " an 

 immense southward migration took place early in October, 

 most marked on the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th. Hundreds 

 were passing for two or three hours each morning in an 

 almost continuous stream, and flew very low, only just 

 skimming over the Saltings." 



Dr. A. G. Butler found the Swallow breeding at Tong 

 Mill, on June 5 and 11, in the rafters of a boat-house. 



Mr. H. Lamb saw it on April 22, 1876, near Maidstone, 

 for the first time that year, and the last on November 8, 

 1875. Some white Swallows were shot near Maidstone 

 a few years previously. 



Mr. J. E. Harting records one that was seen at Walmer 

 on December 11, 1880, during a light north-west wind. 



In the Zoologist, 1883, Dr. A. G. Butler, in his notes 

 on the variation of nests of birds found in Kent, says : 

 ^* As is well known, the Swallow alone has spotted eggs, 



