The case is copied from a sketch made in the 

 Hebrides. The female was shot and the male 

 trapped within a few miles of the same spot, in the 

 spring of 1877. 



See " Kough Notes/' Vol. I., Plate 5. 



SWIFT. 

 Case 3. 



This is the last of the Swallow tribe to visit us 

 in the spring, and the first to depart in the 

 autumn. 



Swifts are generally supposed to nest in holes 

 under the eaves of houses or churches, but where 

 suitable places of this description are wanting, they 

 do not hesitate to make use of fissures and cracks 

 in the face of cliffs or precipices. 



The specimens in the case were obtained at 

 the Cromarty Rocks, on the north-east coast of 

 Scotland, in June, 1869. 



This bird and the House Martin are here 

 found in great numbers during the summer. 



GOATSUCKER. 



Case 4. 



The Goatsucker, or Fern Owl, though unknown 

 to many from its nocturnal habits, is a common 

 bird from north to south. 



I have noticed it as particularly numerous in 

 Sussex, Norfolk and Ross-shire. 



It arrives in this country in May, and usually 

 takes its departure as soon as the rough weather in 

 the autumn commences. 



I have often at dusk seen several flying about 

 the streets and round the chimneys, in towns on the 

 southern and eastern coasts, during a gale of wind, 

 previous to their departure. 



