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LATEST APPEARANCE IN 1812. 



Hirundo apus. This species was seen at Penshurst 

 80 late as September 20. 



Hirundo vrbica, seen late in October. 



FIRST APPEARANCE IN 1813. 



Hirundo rustica, beginning of April. 

 Hirundo vrbica, middle of April. 

 Hirundo apus 9 early in May. 



LATEST APPEARANCE IN 1813. 



Hirundo apus. This species was missed, as usual, in 

 the middle of August. Hirundo rustica. Straggler seen 

 as late as October 20. Hirundo vrbica, 21st October. 



I did not, in 1814, notice the first appearance; but the 

 birds were late. The Hirundo rustica about April 18. 

 In the autumn, while I was travelling in North Wales, I 

 forgot to notice them. In 1815, I again omitted to 

 notice them, till I saw them in France towards Mid- 

 summer. In spring, 1816, I saw the swallow at Lin- 

 lithgow, April 26; and the martin at Dunkeld, April 30 ; 

 and I noticed them about the English lakes, and all the 

 way through Wales, by a circuitous route, from the 

 Highlands of Scotland. 



APPEARANCE IN 1817- 



Hirundo rustica, April 10: it became common about 

 May 1. Hirundo vrbica, April 26; common about 

 May I, Hirundo apus appeared May 10. This bird 

 is still seen the 28th of August. 



Having given the above sketch of the earliest and 



