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THE SWIFT {Cypselus apus). 



The emigratory movement of this species began in the last week in 

 July, when about 200 birds were observed in Somerset passing east on 

 the 23rd, and about a dozen on the following day. Between the 24th 

 and Slst observers in Surrey noted large numbers passing west and south- 

 west, and in Yorkshire 30 to 40 were seen flying due south on the 29tli. 



During the flrst fortnight in August the departure of Swifts from their 

 summer-quarters was noted by observers in about a dozen counties 

 ranging from Cumberland to Cornwall. On the 19th and 20th an 

 observer at Ilolkham (Norfolk) recorded a considerable number, followed 

 by a marked decrease on the following day, and a further decrease on 

 the 2oth, the birds disappearing altogether on the 29th, A few which 

 again appeared in that neighbourhood on the 31st were also doubtless 

 emigrants moving south. 



By about the end of the first week in September the birds had 

 apparently departed from the country, as there were records of a few 

 stragglers only after the 7th of the month. 



From St. Catherine's Lt. (Isle of Wight) several were reported 

 between 10 p.m. and 3 a.ji. on the lst/2nd August, and from Spurn 

 Head Lt. (Yorkshire) several were recorded on the nights of the 

 21st/22nd, 23rd/24th, 26th/27th August, and 7th/8th and 9th/10tli of 

 September. On the 28th of August the keepers at the Long-and Lt.-v. 

 (Essex) reported 50 going east at 4 p.m. and 20 travelling north-east at 

 lU A.M, on the following day. 



THE NIGHTJAR {Capnmul<jus europmis). 



Aug. 15th. Kent, nesting haunts deserted. 



,. 20th. Westmoreland, nesting haunts deserted. 



,, 28th. Wiltshire, nesting haunts deserted. 



,, olst. Stafibrdshire, one passing, 



Sept. 2nd, Shropshire, last seen. 



,, 3rd. Wiltshire, last seen, 



„ 5th. Westmoreland, hist seen. 



„ 7th. Staffordshire and Dorset, last seen. 



,, ]2th. Leicester, last seen, 



„ 24tli, Yorkshire, south coast, two passing. 



THE CLTCKOO {Ciiculus canonis). 

 The reports received from Kent indicated that all the adult Cuckoos 

 had left by mid-July, but there are records from Wiltshire on the 4th 

 and from Westmoreland on the 10th. The observations on immatiu-e 

 birds show that throughout England generally most left during August, 

 and there was only one record in September, viz., of one in Suffolk on 

 the 17th. A single bird was noted on passage in the Isle of May (Fife) 

 on the 20lh of August. 



