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Saxicola rubetra, Whinchat, comes April 13, goes Sept. Gra6sy 

 meadows. 



Sterna Hirundo, Common Tern, goes Sept. Seashores. 



Sterna minuta, Lesser Tern, goes Sept. Seashores. 



Sterna Boysii, Sandwich Tern, goes Sept. Sea-shores of Suffolk 

 and Kent. 



Sterna Dugalli, Roseate Tern, goes Sept. Scottish seashores. 



Sterna nigra, Black Tern, goes Sept. Fens, lakes, and rivers. 



Sylvia Phcenicurus, Redstart, goes Oct. Orchards and old 

 walls. 



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

 marshes. 



Totanus Hypoleucos, Common Sandpiper, goes Oct. Pebbly mar- 

 gins of streams. 



Tringa pngnax, Ruff, goes Sept. Fens. 



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



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



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

 Orchards and hollow trees. 



DEPARTURES. 



Larus naevius, Grey Gull, goes April 10, comes Ang. 4. Haunts, 



Beach. 

 Larus argentatus, Blue, or Herring Gull, goes April 10, comes 



August. Beach. 

 Loxia curvirostra, Crossbill, comes Aug. Orchards. 

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



tracts. 

 Spathulea clypeata, Common Shoveler, 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 antiquity. 

 Many foolish notions upon it have been ad- 

 vanced, which are now very properly abandon- 

 ed ; and the inquiry may be said to be set at 

 rest. One would wonder, indeed, when we 



