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The Early Return of Birds

Nature volume 49, page 578 (1894)Cite this article

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THE remarkably early appearance of some of our migratory birds this season is worthy of note. On Wednesday, April 4, while crossing some fields south of Ashtead Station, a solitary chimney swallow (Hirundo ruslica) passed close to me, flying near to the ground.

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    ROBERT M. PRIDEAUX

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PRIDEAUX, R. The Early Return of Birds. Nature 49, 578 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/049578a0

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