SWALLOW. Bad 
interest. On the 21st. and 22nd., the party was reduced to 
one or two Swallows and one Martin. On the latter day, a 
little before dark, one of the Swallows permitted itself to be 
caught by the hand, as it sat on the window sill; and after 
having been duly caressed, as a matter of course, was soon 
restored to liberty, and flew briskly away. After the 22nd., 
we saw no more of our little feathered favourites.’ 
In the same year, 1848, three were observed by Mr. C. R. 
Bree, at Stowmarket, Suffolk, on the 25th. of October, none 
having been previously seen since the Ist. of the month. In 
the year 1836, the ‘last Swallow’ was seen at Tooting, Sur- 
rey, by Mr. Edward Blyth, on the 21st. of October. At 
Skipton, in Craven, Yorkshire, a pair were observed by R. 
Dyneley Chamberlain, Esq.,; to remain, after the others had 
all gone; and on examining into the cause, he found that 
one of the young birds was. detained in the nest by having 
had its leg entangled in'a piece of cord; in a few days 
after releasing it from which, they all disappeared, having no 
doubt spent the interval in preparing the young one for its 
long fight. 
In Ireland, Wilham Thompson, Esq., of Belfast, mentions 
two which were seen flying over the bay near that town, on 
the 380th. of March, 1846; and on the following day, a 
single bird was observed on each side of its shores. Winter 
birds were seen at the same time, and a neighbouring mountain 
‘displayed snow in its ravines; proving, as it were, that even 
two Swallows do not make a summer.’ One of these birds 
was observed to remain without a companion for ten days 
afterwards. On the 6th. of April one was observed between 
Antrim and Ballymena, but, nevertheless, the main body were 
remarkably late in coming that year. On the 2nd. of April, 
1835, one was seen. Mr. Templeton notes his having observed 
a few on the 30th. and 31st. of October, 1818. On the 
14th. of November, 1815, one was repeatedly seen flying about 
Stranmillis, near Belfast, where also on the 28th. of October, 
1819, three appeared after a severe fall of snow, and a good 
deal of frost. In 1835, a Swallow was observed on the 26th. 
of October, near that town; one on the 16th. and 17th. of 
November, 1846; and one on the 28th. of November, 1845. 
On the 8rd. of November, 1834, Mr. H. Dombrain shot one 
at sea, near Lambay Island. From the 18th. to the 24th. 
of December, 1842, a number were seen about the village of 
Holywood, near Belfast. Mr. Poole saw two in the town of 
