282 BIRD-LIFE IN A SOUTHERN COUNTY. 



ance," as lawyers say, by the end of March. A 

 third, but rather a rare one we regret to say, is 

 the Hobby. Quite a large batch of summer birds 

 have arrived in these South Devon haunts by the 

 middle of April. Among these we must mention 

 the Yellow Wagtail, the Whitethroat and the 

 Grasshopper Warbler, the Tree Pipit, the Swallow, 

 the Martin, the Common Sandpiper, and the 

 Cuckoo. This latter bird is sometimes seen near 

 Paignton Before the middle of the month. In 

 1893 we recorded it on the loth of April; in 1894 

 on the nth; but in 1896 not before the 22nd, and 

 in 1897 just one day later still. From the middle 

 to the end of April is the migration period of 

 the Whinchat, the Common Redstart, the Sedge 

 Warbler, and the Garden Warbler, but not a few 

 Grasshopper Warblers and Cuckoos steal back 

 about this time. The end of the month brings us 

 the Wood Wren, the Swift, the Nightjar, the 

 Turtle Dove, the Quail, and the Corncrake. Our 

 records of the Swift, for instance, during eight 

 years' observation, range between the 26th of April 

 and the 7th of May, so that the passage of these 

 species generally lasts between those dates, or in 

 the case of the Quail perhaps longer. Last of all 



