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SWALLOW KING' ED IN LANCASHIRE AX!) 

 I^vKCOVERED IN CAPE PROVINCE. 



It \\]\\ interest readers of British Birds to leaiii that 1 

 have just reoeived the following letter : — 



Salem, 



Neah Orahamstown, C.P.. 

 To \Vithprl)y, South Afrk a. 



High Holhoin. [.ondon. February (Uh, 1916. 



Sir, 



Tin's mornino; 1 pifkod up hero a dead Swallow and noticed a piece 

 of metal bent ai-ound one leg just above the foot. This I took off 

 and straightejied out. On one side was a number 82(520. on the other 

 side was insci'ibed as near as I could make out, " Inform Withei-by, 

 High Holborn, London." I am therefore sending this in the hope 

 that it will reach its destination, and prove of interest. 



Yours faithfully, 



S. Geo. Am.ai. 



The bird referred to was a Swallow (CheJidon r. rvsiicn), 

 ringed as a nestling by Mr. F. \X. Sher^\•ood at Lythani, 

 Lancashire, on July 3rd, 1915. 



This is the third Swallow ringed under the British Birds 

 Scheme which has been reported from South Africa. The 

 first Avas ringed as an adult at Rosehill, Cheadle. Staffordshire, 

 on May fith, 1911, by Mr. J. R. B. Masefield, and was oanght 

 at a farm near I/trecht, Natal, on December i^Ttli, 1012. and 

 was kindly reported by Mr. C. H. Ruddock (Vol. VI.. ]>. 277). 

 The second was ringed as a nestling at Skelmorlie. Ayrshire, 

 on July 27th, 1912,' by Mr. R. O. Blyth, and was caught at 

 Rict Vallei, Orange Free State, on March Kith. 1913. and 

 kindly reported by Mr. A. C. Theron (Vol. VII., p. 1(57). 



This third instance, two or three hundred miles further 

 south and, like the others, in the eastern half of the continent, 

 is extremely interesting, antl makes it ])ossible to state that. 

 in any case, some of the Swallows A\hich breed in various parts 

 of the Britisli Isles w intei- normally in the extreme south-east 

 of Africa. 



We tender our grateful thanks to Mr. Amm for .informing 

 us of this interesting event, and we must congratulate .Mi-. 

 Sherwood on having ringed a bird which has been pioved to 

 have made .so leuiaikable a journey. 



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