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THE SWALLOW. 



Hirundo rustica L. 



Swallows arrived along the whole of the southern coast 

 between Cornwall and Kent. 



A few birds were reported from Devon, Kent and 

 Somerset during the last week in Marc!), but up to the 

 18th of April no large numbers had arrived in the country, 

 though birds were passing through Surrey on the 7th 

 and 8th and through Kent on the 15th and 16th. Up to 

 that time they had not extended north of Denbigh, Stafford- 

 shire and Derby in the western and midland counties, 

 nor to the north of Kent on the east coast, with the 

 exception of a solitary bird which was noted in Essex on 

 the 12th. 



The first large immigration arrived in Cornwall, Devon 

 and Dorset on the 18th and 19th of April. 



An extension of the bird's range was observed at that 

 time, Swallows being recorded in Suffolk and Lancashire ; 

 an increase was noied in Derby on the 18th of April, and 

 arrivals in Cheshire on the 19th, in Cumberland on the 

 22nd, and in Yorkshire on the 23rd. 



After the latter date birds were daily observed arriving at 

 various points along the south coast. 



The main immigration, which began in the south-west on 

 the 25th of April, lasted for three days ; from Hampshire 

 eastwards it was a day later, and continued until the 30th. 

 During this period the birds became widely distributed 

 throughout the country, reaching North Lancashire, Cum- 

 berland and Hie Isle of Man on the 29th, and Durham and 

 Northumberland on the 30th. 



A farther immigration took place between the 1st and 



