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year on July the 11th, and young martins (hirun- 
dines urbice) were then fledged in their nests. 
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RY | 
nh: 
Both species will hatch again once; for I see by 
my Fauna of last year that young broods came 
forth so late as September the 18th. Are not these 
late hatchings more in favour of hiding than mi- 
gration? Nay, some young martins remained in 
their nests last year so late as September the 29th ; 
and yet they totally disappeared with us by the 5th 
of October. | 
How strange it is that the swift, which seems to 
live exactly the same life with the swallow and 
