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vifiting this pit in the fpring, I have pretty accurately afcertained 
the time ‘of their arrival, or firft appearance, to be early in the 
month of May. In the year 1789 none were to be feen on the 
28th of April, but on the 6th of May feveral were flying about 
the holes. In 1790, on the ‘Sth of May none were to be feen, but 
on the 12th of the fame, month feveral made their appearance. 
In 1791 I vifited the pit on the 5th and 7th of May, but could 
-difcover no birds; yet. onthe roth, when I vifited it again, feve- 
ral were flying about. Since that time my further obfervations 
have been prevented by fome Houfe Sparrows having taken poffeffion. 
of the holes, and driven away the Sand Martins. 
No. g0.—The Swift. Hirundo Apus. Fe 
During my refidence at Eaft Bourn in the year 1792 I had an 
opportunity of marking the time of the departure or difappearance 
of thefe birds with fome accuracy. I lodged near the church, 
round which building I ufed conftantly to fee them playing on the 
wing till the a of Auguft, after the day not one was to be 
feen. 
“No. 102,—The Quail. Perdix rerio 
Thefe birds undoubtedly breed on our South Downs, and in the 
autumn are found by the fportfmen in the, ftubbles in bevies or 
broods feveral together. It is probable that moft of them migrate ; 
but that they do not all leave this country I can aver, for I well 
remember, that, in company with a friend, we found three or four 
brace of quails in one morning in the middle of Winter (about 
Chriftmas) in a field of turneps at Eaft Bourn. . 
No. 104.—The thick-kneed Buftard. Otis oedicnemus. ) 
Tt is called here the Stone Curlew, and breeds on the South . 
Downs, where its whiftling note is frequently heard in a fummer’s 
D 2 evening. 
