PIED FL YCA TCHER- SWALLOW. 
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and again in the "Zoologist" for 1889, he notes that on 
April 26th and 30th specimens were procured at Newport. 
The following nests are on record : — 
One at Freshwater in 1858 (More). 
One in Wherwell Park (W. H. Turle). 
One at Nursling (W. H. Turle). 
One at Hackwood Park (Munn). 
Several in the New Forest (Hart and Turle). 
Fam ILY — HiriindinidcB. 
Genu s — // irundo. 
62. Hirtmdo rtistica. Swallow. 
For Knowledge is the swallow on the lal«e 
That sees and stirs the surface-shadow there, 
But never yet hath dipt into the abysm." 
Tennyso7i^s " Ancient SageP 
A common summer visitor to all parts. 
It arrives in April and departs in October, but in many 
districts is certainly less plentiful than formerly. 
Gilbert White was of opinion that many hibernated 
in Britain — coming forth from their retreats on fine sunny 
days in winter ; with this exception, his descriptions of 
this and the kindred species are uncommonly full and 
accurate. The earliest date in his Calendar is March 26th. 
Mr. Hart has recorded in the " Field " that he saw three 
young birds in Christchurch on January 8th and 9th, 1890. 
Mr. Meade-Waldo has records of it as early as March 
1 8th, and as late as December 7th, in the neighbourhood 
of Lymington, and has seen it in considerable numbers 
