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Alderley, to whom I am indebted for the use of a British- 

 killed Bee-eater, as mentioned at page 219, that gentleman 

 has most obligingly allowed me the use of the White- 

 bellied Swift also for this work, and the figure at the head 

 of the last page was drawn from it. The second bird in 

 order of date, was shot near Buckenham Church in Nor- 

 folk, on the 13th of October 1831, and is now in the pos- 

 session of the Rev. Thomas Fulcher, of Old Buckenham, 

 near Attleboro", Norfolk. The third specimen was killed 

 early in March 1 833, at Rathfarnham in Ireland, and is 

 preserved in the fine collection of birds belonging to T. W. 

 Warren, Esq. as noticed by Mr. Thompson of Belfast ; and 

 the fourth was picked up dead, near Saffron Walden, in 

 Essex, in July 1838, as communicated to me by Joseph 

 Clarke, Esq. 



In addition to those above-mentioned, a fine specimen of 

 this bird was killed at Oakingham, on the 8th of October 

 1841. I saw it before it was skinned, Mr. Gould having 

 brought the bird to London to preserve it for his friend 

 who shot it. 



In a recent publication, called, " the Note-book of a 

 Naturalist," it is stated at page 226, that on the 20th 

 of August 1830, a very fine specimen of the White- 

 breasted Swift flew into the room of a friend at Dover, 

 and was secured. The writer erroneously considers that 

 his is the only record of the occurrence of this species in 

 this country. 



This bird visits the continent of Europe, from Africa, 

 every season, and is found at Gibraltar, in Spain, Provence, 

 France, Switzerland, the Tyrol, Italy, the islands of Sar- 

 dinia, Sicily, Malta, and those of the Grecian Archipelago. 

 On its arrival, Dr. Latham says, it frequents ponds and 

 marshes for fifteen or twenty days, after which it retires to 



