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Totanus calidris, Redshank, comes April 10, goes Oct. 29. Salt 



marshes. 

 Totanus Hypoleucos, Common Sandpiper, goes Oct. Pebbly margins 



of streams. 



Tringa pugnax, Ruff, goes Sept. Fens. 



Turdus torquatus, Ring Ousel, goes Sept. Mountainous parts. 

 Vanellus cristatus, Lapwing, goes Aug. Barren fields and heaths. 

 Yunx Torquilla, Wryneck, comes early in April, goes June, Aug. 



.Orchards and hollow trees. 



DEPARTURES. 



Larus noevius, Grey Gull, goes April 10, comes Aug. 4. Haunts, 



Beach. 

 iLarus argentatus, Blue, or Herring Gull, goes April 10, comes Aug. 



Beach. 



Loxia curvirostra, Crossbill, comes Aug. Orchards. 

 Otus brachyotus, Short-eared Owl, comes Oct. Woods and hilly 



tracts. 

 ;Spathulea clypeata, Common Shoveller, comes Oct. Fresh-water 



lakes. 



Totanus fuscus, Cambridge Godwit, comes Aug. Sea-shore. 

 Totanus ochropus, Green Sandpiper, comes Sept. Sea-shore. 

 Totanus striata, Purple Sandpiper, comes Aug. Sea-shore. 



MIGRATION OF SWALLOWS. 



The subject of the migration of the swallow tribe 

 has been agitated by naturalists from remote anti- 

 quity. Many foolish notions upon it have been ad- 

 vanced, which are now very properly abandoned ; 

 and the inquiry may be said to be set at rest. One 

 would wonder, indeed, when we consider that, by 

 the lightness of their bodies, and their length and 

 speed of wing, they are, of all birds, the best calcu- 

 lated for migration, how a doubt could have arisen 



