150 THE BIRDS OF KENT 



many of these birds building in the recesses of the sham 

 forts on the artillery range, and on July 20 he fomid 

 a nest under the eaves of a shed on the marshland with 

 five fresh eggs in it. 



On April 15, 1902, a Swallow was observed in the 

 Orlestone district. 



Kuckinge, October 10, 1905 : The Swallow is still 

 here in numbers. On the 16th they were found in large 

 numbers lying on the red tiles of a country house, in 

 a lane between this place and Snave, sunning themselves 

 in the early morning. They were seen continually up 

 to the 20th ; the majority had now left the village. On 

 the 23rd several were seen on the road by Bilsington, 

 and on the high warm slopes on the south-east side 

 of Lympne Church, overlooking Eomney Marsh. On the 

 23rd a great many still remained. On the 25th a young 

 Swallow was seen on the hills above Euckinge at 10.30 

 a.m., and an adult bird was hawking by the bridge of 

 the Eoyal Military Canal at 12.15 p.m. On the 26th 

 a pair still remained in the village. On the 27th no 

 Swallows ; on the 28th, one had returned, and the last. 



In the spring of 1906, Mr. D. F. Warde noted the 

 Swallow on April 13, at or near Canterbury, as being the 

 first seen. Mr. J. H. AUchin, of Maidstone, saw one at 

 Thurnham, Kent, on the same day, and another solitary 

 bird at Dymchurch on April 21. On April 26 three were 

 noticed about the farms near Orlestone, and on April 30 

 they had taken up their old homes at Bilsington. 



Early in June, 1906, at Euckinge, the Swallows had 

 completed four nests in a cart- shed, and on the 24th the 

 young ones were fully fledged, and left the nests shortly 

 afterwards. One pair brought off a second brood, which 

 left the nest about August 27 or 28. This last nest was 



