4996 Tux Zooroctst—Juty, 1876. 
date when the cuckoo's cry may be expected to be first heard, but they had 
to listen for it in vain this present season. It was not until the 21st that — 
the call of this bird of spring first greeted my ears in this neighbourhood. 
April 25. Nightingales are now in full song in several of the copses 
in the village. 
April 26. Tree pipits first noticed. 
April 28. Swifts observed to-day. An early date for their first appearance. 
April 29. Whitethroats and willow warblers only now generally dis- 
tributed and common. Yellow wagtail first seen. 
May 2. Redbacked shrike seen to-day in the Vicarage meadow; this is 
a week in advance of the average date of its arrival. 
May 4. Corn crake heard. 
May 5. First house martins not noticed until to-day. Swallows now 
numerous.— Murray A. Mathew ; Bishop's Lydeard, May 8, 1876. 
Arrival of Summer Migrants in County Dublin.—Having read with 
much pleasure Mr. Benson’s “ Notes from Dublin,” published in your 
April number, I send you my records of the arrivals of our visitors, as they 
are in some cases considerably earlier than his. 
March 27. Three male wheatears appeared at Lansdowne Road, as noticed 
by me in ‘ Saunders’ Newsletter’ for the 28th instant: for some days after 
this date I continually saw small flocks near the same place; it was quite 
a fortnight afterwards before I observed any females. 
March 29. A few sand martins were seen hovering over a pond near 
Dundrum ; they did not, however, appear again until the 11th of April, when 
I saw numbers along the banks of the Dodder, wherever they could find 
shelter from the N.W. wind, which was bitterly cold. 
March 31. The chiffchaff was first heard, as noticed by my friend 
Mr. Barrington. 
April 5. I saw the first swallow along the Dodder; they did not, however, 
become numerous until the 11th, when both they and the sand martins 
looked sadly out of place with snow on the ground. 
April 7. 1 was shown a corn crake, which had been sent up for preserva- 
tion from Stewartstown, County Tyrone, and was in very good condition. 
April 8. Saw the first willow warbler. 
April 21. Whimbrels appeared along the shores of the bay: they were 
numerous by the 27th instant. 
April 23. I was told by an experienced friend that he had heard the 
cuckoo that morning. I did not see one myself until the 30th. 
April 26. This is the first date on which I saw house martins, but I can 
hardly believe that they have only just arrived, as they appeared to be 
already collecting materials for their nests. 
April 80. Golden oriole found dead, as before noticed (S. S. 4956). 
May 3. Saw the first swift; they became very numerous by the 6th. 
