THE SWAttOWS. 



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iiiittuil to aliout one of the eabiiis. It hocaiuo 

 ma^03c|:gjteeiaffelf itSiOapti^ very tame, pet^li- 

 ing m ^6 limd of t}i6 {refsott Isi wli^e is&Mn it 

 had taken refuge, eating food also from the 

 mouth. Tlie following xnomizig, liowever, it flew 

 away. 



In tlie evening several of the commoiL swallow, 

 {Htrut^ fiisik6£^ Linm} mid afeo, feom a: speci- 

 men %v])icli I cun*^iit and examined, the martin 

 (UinfHfio Krbica, liiiu.) were flying about tlic 

 ship, oeensioually seekiiin> refuge in tlic cuddy : 

 they u^jpeared strong on the wing, in excellent 

 phimage^r plutnp coBdWim. They no doubt 

 formed part of u Ihv^^k migrating to the Britiat 

 shores, wliere the latter are said to arrive about 

 the lOth of A]ml ; Init the computation of the 

 time of tljeir arrival cannot be mentioned Mith 

 any degree of O^^taSnfy* K^ptw &m$ passage lias 

 probably been redded b^ ^ lofig prevalence 

 of easterly winds ; and the cold* rainy weatter, 

 may have caused the little emigrants to seek 

 refuge on board the ship. From calculation at 

 noon^ m wfipa in umSk lai^dt §0!* 14' ; nortli 

 mi ^est long Knde W4/^4 



The swallow is IrMuul an inhabitant of the tro- 

 pical reo:inns of tlie globe, visits the northern 

 climates during tiie warm months of the year, 

 ^nd is regarded as tbo harbinger f3(f summer; 



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