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The Tree-Swallow, which is a native of Australia, is admitted into our list of birds on the 

 authority of a specimen shot by Mr. Lea at Taupata, near Cape Farewell, on the 14th of March, 

 1856, and fortunately preserved in the Otago Museum. Mr. Gould informs us that in its own 

 country it is a migratory species, visiting the southern portions of Australia and Tasmania, 

 arriving in August and retiring northwards as autumn advances. In the summer of 1851, Mr. F. 

 Jollie observed a flight of Swallows at Wakapuaka, in the vicinity of Nelson, and succeeded in 

 shooting one, thus placing the matter beyond all question. There can be no doubt that these 

 occasional visitants are stragglers from the Australian continent, and that to reach our country 

 they perform a pilgrimage on the wing of upwards of a thousand miles ! 



