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three only relate to its disappearance — from 

 Garvoch, Perthshire, on July 29, from Leicester 

 on August 2, and from Exeter on August 12. 

 It was first seen upon the Devonshire coast at 

 Plymouth and Torquay, and at the former place 

 was particularly numerous. It may be worth 

 noting that a male Swift shot at Cromer by Mr. 

 J. H. Gurney, jun., on June 15, was found to 

 have the under parts denuded of feathers, which 

 would indicate that the males take their turn at 

 incubation. 



The Swallows and Swifts are thus brought 

 together, out of the order of the above list, to 

 admit of a more easy comparison of the dates 

 of arrival and departure. We will now follow 

 the order above indicated, commenting only on 

 such facts as appear noteworthy. 



The thirty observations which relate to the 

 Cuckoo tend to show that the usual time of its 

 arrival in this country is between the 20th and 

 2 7th of April, and in no instance was it observed 

 before the 6th of April (at Torquay) which was 

 considered an exceptionally early date to meet 



