896 Record of Migration, f&c, of Birds, by James Hardy. 



Cheviot in the morning and very cold. Principal body of Swal- 

 lows left early in Sept., before the great blast of wind and rain 

 on the 15th Sept ; stragglers and young birds remained to Oct. 

 — At Alnwick, Mr Gibb, noted that the Chimney Swallow was 

 not observed until the 26th April, when a small company of six 

 arrived. — At Oldcambus, there was one on the coast, April 17th ; 

 none had settled, May 2nd ; began to take up residence, May 

 12th, when in the early morning they were seen hawking over the 

 sheep in the fields, as they came to be fed. May 17th, a pair on 

 the Sea-banks ; May 22nd, numerous in East Lothian. In 1879, 

 Swallows arrived, April 25th. Sept. 25th, 1880, had left the 

 steading. Seen Sept. 18th and 21st. Sept. 22nd, numerous at 

 Siccar mixed with Martins. Sept. 25th, seven or eight returned 

 to the steading. Sept. 23rd, still Swallows at Eenton. Sept. 

 26th, seen at Oockburnspath Tower, and none later. Sept. 29th 

 and 30th, there were Swallows at Naworth and Willowford, but 

 none about Hexham ; and on Oct. 3rd, they continued at Parkend 

 near Carlisle. Oct 4th, was a hard frost accompanied with snow, 

 and the Swallows assembled to depart on the roof of Marchmont 

 House, which Mr Loney says they left about the 6th of the month. 

 — At Kelso, of date Sept. 10th, the Swallows which during the 

 past fortnight were seen collected in large flocks, had not been 

 observed. But they had only left for a few days' holiday. On 

 the 14th they were again seen in large numbers ; and on the 15th 

 and 16th they were skimming in hundreds over the seething 

 waters of the Tweed. On the 24th they had again disappeared 

 from the Kelso district. — {Kelso Chron., Sept. 10th and 17th). Of 

 date Oct. 15th, after being absent for three weeks, again returned, 

 and in Kelso and the country round, their presence had that 

 week been conspicuous. They had assembled in flocks, and it 

 seemed as if they were making preparations for their final de- 

 parture. On Oct. 10th, four were seen on the telegraph wire at 

 Edenside Eoad ; and on the 17th Oct., a good many were flying 

 about. Nov. 4th, a Swallow was seen at Wooden near Eckford. 

 —{Ih. Oct. 15th, 22nd, Nov. 12th). In 1880, May 7th, arrived 

 at Belford, Beaumont water; in 1879, May 15th. — {Br Bohson 

 Scott). In a brood of Swallows hatched at Middlegill, near 

 Langholm, in 1880, one proved to be white, and its peculiar 

 colour attracted a good deal of attention. — {Ih. Sept. 24th). In 

 vol. vi. p. 428 of the Club's Proc, I recorded the occurrence of 

 two white House Martins {Hirundo urliea), which were bred in 

 1872, in the uppermost story of Wooler Mill, 



