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in a north-east direction : soon afterwards a flock, consisting of fifteen, 
came from the same quarter, hawked about the leeward side of the 
vessel for a short time, and then proceeded north-east : an hour after 
their departure (ten o’clock) a flock of eight appeared, and alighting- 
on a rope astern the ship, remained there for nearly an hour ; they 
were perched close together, and so low down on the rope, that by its 
motion the lowest one was more than once ducked in the water, but 
nevertheless did not let go its hold or change its position for a 
drier one. These birds were but a few yards from the cabin-windows, 
and looked so extremely beautiful, that they were compared by some 
of the spectators to paroquets, and on account of their gaudy plumage 
not very inaptly. After these left us, others were seen throughout 
the day, but generally single birds ; they rarely alighted : all flew in the 
same course.* 
“A few goatsuckers ( Caprimulgus Europeans) appeared about the 
ship to-day, and alighted ; they were all single except in one instance, 
when two were in company. A few individuals of this species were 
likewise seen within the last two or three days. A couple were shot 
this afternoon. Throughout to-day the Columha Turtur was observed 
coming from the south, and generally single ; very few alighted. 
“ All the birds seen on migration bore right on in the course they 
had come, whether they rested temporarily on the vessel or otherwise. 
They all came from a southerly direction, either due south, S.W., or S.E. 
The wind was moderate, the weather fine and dry during the whole 
passage, so that all the species we saw were in the ordinary course of 
migration, and none driven to the ship by any stress of weather. 
ce Although not coming within the title of this communication, 
inasmuch as it had already taken up its summer quarters, I shall here 
mention the alpine swift (Cypselus Melba), which, upon our entering 
the fine bay of Navarino, on the morning of the 28th, appeared in 
great numbers careering high overhead. Of the Hirundines generally, 
it may be remarked, that from our arrival in France on the evening of 
the 1st of April, we did not see any of the species until the 9th, 
“ * When, not very far to the westward of Cape Matapan, on the 1st of May, a 
flock of twenty-nine of the Merops apiaster flew close past the ship towards the 
Morea. 
