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Hirundo vrbica, October 16. Flocks of wild ducks 

 flying over the marshes on the 20th. 



EARLIEST APPEARANCE IN 1810. 



This was a mild spring ; frogs were abundant, and the 

 snowdrop, garanthus niualis, was in flower Feb. 4. 



Hirundo rustica. A straggling swallow, said to have 

 been seen in the middle of March. I saw this bird on 

 the 20th April. 



Hirundo vrbica, seen the same day, April 20, at 

 Plaistow, near Westham. On the 21st the swallows 

 appeared at Hackney. This became frequent early in 

 May. They are said to appear earlier over marshes and 

 near rivers, than in dryer and more inland parts of the 

 country. Martins were numerous long before they were 

 seen about their nests. 



lynx torquilla, the wryneck, April 21. 



Hirundo apus first appeared May 1Q. These birds 

 were not frequent about their old haunts in Hackney 

 Old Church tower till May 25. On the 30th, papauer 

 Cambricum was in flower. The hirundo riparia is 

 said to have been seen this summer about the eagle 

 pond, Wanstead. I have never myself seen this bird 

 there. It is frequent in Surrey about the sandbanks, and 

 also on the banks of the Thames. 



LAST APPEARANCE IN 1810. 



Hirundo apus. This bird, though gone from Hack- 

 ney sooner, was seen by me at Ely Cathedral on the 

 19th August. 



