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departure; and others not until the middle of October. One 
was seen at Penzance, in Cornwall, on the 30th. of November, 
1845; one at Redcar, in Yorkshire, on the 8rd. of December, 
in the same year, careering over the sea—the day dull and 
gloomy: one at Goole, in the West-Riding, on the 10th. of 
December, 1843. In 1849, some remained about Plymouth 
until the 28rd. of October. Others at Springtield, near Temple 
Balsall, Warwickshire, on the 18th. of November, 1847, as 
seen by the Rev. W. Bree, of Allesley. 
Mr. J. B. Eliman relates, in the year 1848, ‘On the 13th. 
of November I saw two young Swallows. On the 14th. the 
same again. On the 17th. I saw another. On the 18th. the 
same again. On the 28th. I saw nine. On the 29th. the 
same again. ‘These were the last I saw.. None of these were 
our Swallows, which departed long before.’ This is consistent 
with what may often be observed, namely, in the words of 
the Rev. William Bree, that ‘after the general fight has de- 
parted, and not a Swallow is to be seen, a few will often 
appear again: after a considerable interval, later in the season.’ 
These doubtless are those which are on their way from some 
more northern district, in which possibly they may have been 
themselves detained by t their young brood. Mr. Bree proceeds, 
speaking of the year 1848, ‘I lost sight of the Swallows on 
the 5th. of October, on which day I observed a few. Ten 
days elapsed, and not a Swallow to be seen in this neigh- 
bourhood. On the 16th., however, I observed one flit across 
the window, as I was ea ng in aie morning ; on the 17th. 
two appeared; and on the 18th., though it was very cold, 
and snow had fallen in the morning, five or six Swallows, 
and one House Martin, were to be seen sporting throughout 
the greater part of the day on the south side of the house, 
and between the church and the sheltered walk of trees, 
occasionally perching and sitting in a row on the sill of one 
of the south attic windows of the house. In this situation 
they allowed us to approach them through the chamber from 
behind, the window being closed. They were evidently all of 
them young birds, which had but recently left the nest, and 
had as yet no great experience of the world. They remained 
with us on the 19th. and 20th., joined, on the latter day, 
by a second Martin, one of which, however, before evening, 
was found dead on the sill of the window, having perished 
probably from cold, to the no small grief of some members 
of the family, to whom they had become objects of considerable 
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