330 OUR SUMMER MIGRANTS. 



June being the only one in which there may be 

 said to be absolutely no migration, as during 

 the month of July Cuckoos and some Bee- 

 eaters return to the south." 



CONCLUSION. 



A S the Swallows are amongst the first to 

 -^ •*■ arrive, so they are amongst the last to 

 depart. Long before chill winds and falling 

 leaves have ushered in the month of October, 

 the Warblers, Pipits, and Flycatchers have left 

 the woods and fields, and hurried down to the 

 coast on their southward route. But the 

 Swallows, loth to leave us, linger on far into 

 the autumn, and only bid us adieu when they 

 miss the genial influence of the sun's rays, and 

 can no longer find a sufficient supply of food. 

 The sportsman who crosses the country with 

 dog and gun in October cannot fail to remark 

 the absence of the numerous small birds which 

 were so conspicuous throughout the summer. 



