194 TSE BIEDS OF COKNWALL. 



and September (earliest record April 18th, latest Sept. 30tli) ; 

 fairly common and generally distributed ; an autumn migratory 

 visitor at Scilly ; winters throughout Africa. 



Pied Flycatcher ; a casual autumn visitor to Scilly ; one 

 specimen has been taken at Penzance, two at Looe, and one at 

 Par ; breeds annually in some parts of Wales, and in adjacent 

 parts of England, but its British head quarters are in West- 

 moreland and Cumbei'land ; migrates in winter down the west 

 coast of Africa. 



Red-breasted Flycatcher ; an accidental autumn and 

 winter visitor, one having been obtained at Constantine in Jan., 

 1863, one at Scilly Oct., 1863, and one at Tresco, Scilly, in 1 865 ; 

 breeds sparingly in central Europe, and goes south in winter. 



Swallow ; a summer migrant, abundant and generally 

 distributed; usually arrives about the 11th of April (earliest 

 record March 21st), and begins to leave early in September, most 

 birds having left by the third week in October ; on the 4th 

 November, 1900, live young birds seen near the Truro 

 viaduct flying westward ; in winter found all over Africa. 



Martin ; a summer migrant, abundant and generally dis- 

 tributed ; only a casual visitor at Scilly ; usually arrives about 

 the end of April (earliest record 31st March), and leaves about 

 the middle of October ; a flock of over fifty, however, was seen 

 near Budock on the 10th November, 1901 ; probably winters in 

 central Africa. 



Sand Martin ; a summer migrant, generally distributed 

 where suitable nesting sites are available ; a casual visitor at 

 Scilly ; breeds in old sandpits, quarries, river banks, sand 

 banks, and old masonry ; the earliest of the swallows to arrive 

 and the first to dej)art, frequently appearing in numbers by the 

 end of March, while flocks have been observed leaving the 

 county for their winter quarters in south-eastern Africa, by 

 the end of August ; latest record for the county Sept. 24th. 



Greenfinch ; resident, common and generally distributed ; a 

 winter visitor in considerable numbers to Scilly ; large flocks 

 come into Cornwall in September or October, especially on our 

 southern coast, and depart in the early spring ; several unusually 

 large flocks seen in the autumn of 1894 ; found during the 

 breeding season over the greater part of Europe. 



