SWALLOWS. 30 
p. 23). In Scotland this bird is a rare and accidental 
straggler, and in Ireland it has been very rarely met 
with. 
Fam. HIRUNDINID &. 
SWALLOW. firundo rustica, Linneus. 
A summer migrant. 
MARTIN. AHirundo urbica, Linneus. 
A summer migrant. 
SAND MARTIN. //tirundo riparia, Linnzus. 
A summer migrant. 
Fam. CYPSELID &. 
SWIFT. Cypselus apus (Linneus). 
A summer migrant, arriving long after the Swal- 
lows, and departing before them. 
Fam. CAPRIMULGID&. 
NIGHTJAR. Caprimulgus europeus, Linneus. 
A summer migrant, generally dispersed throughout 
the British Islands to the north of Caithness, and ex- 
tending even to the inner group of the Hebrides. It 
is not uncommon in Islay, Iona, and Mull, and is gene- 
rally distributed in Skye, in all of which islands the 
eges have been found. 
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