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in the list of Lap birds, I never met with it at 

 Quickiock, nor did I ever hear of one having ever 

 been seen there. 



The swift (Cypselus apus, HI. ; " torn svala," 

 Sw.) was very common around Quickiock, and I 

 often saw them hawking over the very high fells. 

 I think the swift was the latest summer migrant 

 that arrived at Quickiock, and when we left on 

 August 21 some were still there. We had the 

 swallow (Hirundo wistica, Lin.; "ladu svala," 

 Sw.), the common martin (H. urbica, Lin. ; " hus 

 svala," Sw.), and the bank martin (H. riparia^ 

 Lin. ; " strand svala," Sw.), more common, I 

 think, up here than even in Wermland. 



The pied flycatcher (Muscicapa atricapilla, 

 Lin.; "svart och hoit flugsnappare," Sw.) was 

 much commoner up here than its congener the 

 common flycatcher (M. grisola, Lin. ; "gra flug- 

 snappare," Sw.). I never saw the pied flycatcher 

 on the very fells, but as far up as the birch region 

 extends. I used, however, to find the nest prin- 

 cipally in small dead birch stubs by the river 

 side. 



The common thrush (Turdus musicus, Lin. ; 

 " sang trast," Sw.) was not nearly so common as 

 either the redwing or fieldfare ; and a boy brought 

 me in two nests of the common thrush, which he 

 wanted to sell me as great curiosities here, and he 



