1636 . Birds. 



rary. The unsuccessful claimant, on ejectment, has no resource but the general run 

 of the streets : — 



' Heu ! magnum alterius frustra spectabit acervum ! ' " 

 — From a letter dated " Rome, Jan. 28," in the Daily News of Feb. 8, 1847. 



Anecdote of American Pigs. — " As we approached a farm on the American side of 

 the St. Clair river, belonging to the captain of our steamer, a curious fact fell under 

 my observation : the pigs belonging to the farm came squealing down to the water- 

 side, a thing which the persons at the farm assured me they never did when other 

 steamers passed. The captain explained this singular recognition on the part of the 

 pigs by stating that the swill of his steamer was always preserved for them ; and that 

 on reaching the landing-place, it was immediately put on shore to feed them. The 

 animals, having been accustomed to this valuable importation during the whole sum- 

 mer months, had learned to distinguish the peculiar sound which the steam made in 

 rushing through the pipe of the steamer ; and as they could do this at the distance of 

 half a mile, they immediately upon hearing it hastened down to the river, whilst the 

 noise made by the other steamers was disregarded. This is a curious instance of the 

 possibility of sharpening the faculties of the lower animals by an appeal to their appe- 

 tites ; and a conclusive proof that the readiest way to make all swinish animals rea- 

 sonable, is to provide plenty of swill for them." — FeatherstonhaugK s ' Canoe Voyage up 

 the Minnay Sotor,' i. 125. 



An Unicorn. — A few days ago, while the workmen on the Newcastle and Berwick 

 Railway were excavating a portion of the line near to Bothal Castle, they found a 

 skeleton of an animal having a single horn growing from the centre of the forehead. 

 The workmen made a present of it to Mr. John Cragg, watchmaker, Morpeth. — New- 

 castle Advertiser. 



Dates of the arrival of Summer Birds at Selsey, Sussex, in 1845 and 1846. 



1845. 



April 7th. Redstart, Phcenicura ruticilla. 



„ 10th. Hoopoe, Upupa epops. 



„ 1 1th. Willow warbler, Sylvia trochilus. 



„ 12th. Wryneck, Yunx torquilla. 



„ 20th. Nightingale, Philomela luscinia. 



„ 21st. Martin, Hirundo urbica. 



„ 21st. Chimney swallow, Hirundo rustica. 



„ 21st. Yellow wagtail, Motacilla jlava. 



„ 22nd. Whinchat, Saxicola rubetra. 



„ 23rd. Reed warbler, Salicaria arundinacea. 



May 1st. Sedge warbler, Salicaria phragmitis. 



1846. 



April 20th. Wheatear, Saxicola amanthe. 



., 20th. Nightingale, Philomela luscinia. 



„ 23rd. Blackcap warbler, Currnca atricapilla 



„ 24th. % Willow warbler, Sylvia trochilus. 



