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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, 18-18, three were observed by Mr. C. E. 

 Bree, at Stowmarket, Suffolk, on the 25th. of October, none 

 having been previously seen since the 1st. 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 K. 

 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 flight. 



In Ireland, William Thompson, Esq., of Belfast, mentions 

 two which were seen flying over the bay near that town, on 

 the 30th. 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, 1813. On the 

 14th. of Xovember, 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 

 Xovember, 1810; and one on the 28th. of November, 1845. 

 On the 3rd. of Xovember, 1831, Mr. H. Dombrain shot one 

 at sea, near Lambay Island. From the 18th. to the 24th. 

 of December, IS 12, a number were seen about the village of 

 Holywood, near Belfast. Mr. Poole saw two in the town of 



