38 THE BIRDS OF DEVONSHIRE. 



migration. Mr. H. Nieholls adduces evidence to 

 prove that the Cuckoo sometimes deposits her egg 

 in a Swallow's nest ; the fact being that, a " nearly 

 fledged " Cuckoo dropped down a high chimney 

 into a kitchen, a brood of callow Swallowings 

 having previously been precipitated through the 

 same shaft. Considering how reluctant the young 

 Cuckoo is to exercise its own powers, the case seems 

 to be a strong one, (Zool. 1869, p. 186), 



MARTm.—CheHdon urUca, (Linn) 



A SUMMER visitant arriving rather later than the 

 Swallow, frequently prolonging its stay into 

 November and even December, on our southern 

 shores. Mr. Gatcombe on various occasions 

 observed Martins nesting in our seacliffs, a habit 

 which Mr. Rawson has noticed between Dawlish 

 and Starcross, and on other points of the coast. 



SAND MARTIN.— C'o//Ze riparia, (Linn). 



An abundant and early summer visitant, nesting in 

 our sandstone cliffs at Dawlish, and no doubt else- 

 where, as well as in railway cuttings and banks 

 inland. 



Family Certhid^. 

 TREE CREEPER.— CVr//i/f^ familiaris, Linn. 



A COMMON resident, nesting freel}^ wherever old 

 timber affords it an abundance of insect life. 

 Mr. Kawson remarks that he frequently observes 



