PREFACE, 1X 
of the loose fragments of rock on the shore, where it was 
found by Mr. Fitton, partly covered with wet sand. 
The wind at the time was south-west, and had been 
blowing hard from north-west to west and south-west for 
some days. 
The Swattow. Hirundo rustica ; vol. ii. page 231. 
“A Swallow was shot the other day at Salterhebble, 
near this town, (Halifax, Yorkshire,) and upon examining 
the little bird, a small piece of parchment was found tied 
to one of its legs. The parchment is about one and a half 
inches in length, and an eighth of an inch wide. Upon 
one side is written ‘J. Rovina, y Clavi;’ and upon the 
reverse, ‘ Barcelona, 10th March, 1845. ”—Morning Post, 
22nd July, 1845. Copied from the Halifax Guardian. 
In an account of Madeira by T. M. Hughes, Hsq., re- 
cently published, it is stated as an interesting test of the 
mildness of the climate, that Swallows do not migrate from 
the island. 
Burr-spreasrep Sanpprper. Tinga rufescens ; vol. iii. 
page 57. 
I omitted to notice the occurrence of this species in 
Ireland, as recorded by Mr. Frederick M‘Coy in the An- 
nals of Natural History, vol. xv. page 271, in the following 
terms : 
“A specimen of this rare bird, shot by J. Hill, Esq., 
near the Pigeon House, Dublin, is preserved in the 
Museum of the Natural History Society of Dublin. 
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