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21. House Martin, or White-rumped Swallow. Hirundo urbica. 

 M. Arrives from the 25th of April to the 5th of May. 



Abundant. 



W. Arrives in the last week of April and beginning of 

 May. 



E. Arrived on 17th April 1839. Departed on 23d Sep- 

 tember 1838. Plentiful. 



22. Swift. Cypselus Miirarius. 



M. Generally arrives from the 1st to the 8th of May, 

 and disappears about the 10th of August. Abundant. 



W. Since the 20th of April, a solitary Swift has been seen 

 flying around the ancient church of Torphichen, where 

 several pairs annually breed. On Monday the 29th, ten 

 of them arrived at the same place. On the 7th of May 

 I saw fourteen of them. They flew to a great height in 

 the air, describing extensive circles, and uttering their 

 loud screams. 



E. Arrived on 9th May 1839. Departed on 8th August 

 1838. Rather common. 



23. Spotted or Grey Flycatcher. Muscicapa grisola. 



M. Not extremely uncommon. A pair with young were 

 seen by me in one of the gardens at Lauriston, in July 

 1838 ; and I have obtained several specimens in the dis- 

 trict. Arrives late in May, and disappears early in 

 September. 



W. A pair or two have for a number of years past visited 

 my garden regularly in the last week of May. 



24. Cuckoo. Ciicidus canorus. 



M. Arrives early in May. Two were seen and heard by 

 my son on Dalmahoy Hill, on the 4th of that month in 

 1837. Not rare on the Pentland Hills. Disappears in 

 August. 



W. Not seen about Bathgate before the end of April. On 

 Monday morning, the 29th of April 1839, I observed 

 one alight upon a tree at a little distance from my gar- 

 den. What is very remarkable, I have for five or six 

 successive years heard the Cuckoo utter its well known 



