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migration. One flew on board on the 24th 

 of April, and another on the 25 th ; they each 

 rested for a short time on the rigging, and then 

 pursued their flight northwards. On the 26th 

 four came from the south, two of them singly, 

 the others in company ; one only alighted on 

 the ship ; it was caught in the evening when 

 asleep. Throughout the 27th many were 

 observed coming from the south, and generally 

 singly, never more than two together ; very few 

 alighted. On the 24th the vessel was at sunset 

 ninety miles east of Sicily, Syracuse being the 

 nearest land ; on the 2 7th, forty-five miles from 

 Zante, and sixty west of the Morea. On the 

 29th of April one was seen near Navarino ; and 

 another on the 6th of May in the island of 

 Syra. At the end of the month numbers were 

 observed amongst the light foliage in the gar- 

 dens of the old seraglio at Constantinople. 



Colonel Irby informs me that when on his 

 way from Southampton to Gibraltar on the 9th 

 October, he saw a Turtle-Dove on its southward 

 migration in the middle of the Bay of Biscay. 



