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eyes brilliant, and plumage unruffled ; but thh 

 moTumg It fetilid dead ; so guddefn 4oed 

 mmt, without any ptcv5i»is iadlkatiQ!] 

 being given, among the feathered tribe. 



From the Sth to tlie KJth of April we luid 

 strong westerly wiads and gtiles, coming on at 

 6m% &om notth-mrtli-west} veering to south-west 

 md BimQt. iBtli of Apfil^ w^if^ i& 



latitude 44*' 34' nortli, longitude 2iy 00' west. 



Early on the morniug of the 28th, a swallow 

 {Hirundo rustica, Linn.) was seen flying about 

 the ship ; and, having entered one of the stern 

 «abiii wisdows, was tmMof ^akm^ It apfsreaTed 

 quite exluiusted, and made no eflbrts to eseajK-, 

 uutil, haviuu" ]>eeii couHned for a short perioil of 

 time in one of the cabiu^, it Hew out iij^aiu ou 

 the door being opened, but was soou recaptured. 

 It is probably the fiti*aggte ef a iock siiigcjtlteg 

 |Q tb& siLorthward, as they are usually ^usideir^ 

 •to arrive in Eunhnid in April or ATay, earlier 

 or later, according to the mildness of the 

 season. 



l)m mrnddii^x^ ^ Be i^m^ 

 m iU fmB%&%f wiwda, suuiktly to our- 



selves. ItWSt^man excellent idunip condition, 

 althouii'h now, no doubt, tiretl and luiuorv. 

 The little traveller is preserved alive, uud per 



