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SWALLOW. 
CHIMNEY SWALLOW. COMMON SWALLOW. 
RED-FRONTED SWALLOW. 
Hirundo rustica, LInNZus. PENNANT. 
- domestica, Ray. Brisson. 
Hirundo—A Swallow. Rustica—Of or belonging to the country. 
Tue Swallow, so called, is a permanent resident in the 
tropical parts of the western coast of Africa; but is said to 
be less numerous there in the rainy season than at other 
times: it appears also to be a native of Abyssinia, and to 
dwell there throughout the year. In Hurope it visits the 
less frigid parts of Siberia, the Crimea, Denmark, Russia, 
Sweden, Norway, Lapland, as likewise Italy, and the southern 
countries. It is also found in Asia Minor; and Temminck 
includes it among the birds of Japan. 
‘Although arriving in large flights upon our coasts, they 
afterwards disperse, and penetrate by degrees further into the 
country: a few alone at first are seen among us, coursing in 
their never-ending chase for food: by degrees their numbers 
thicken, until the air is again peopled by this interesting 
race. 
The Swallow always makes friends among us; its useful 
and harmless life and social habits attract our notice, and its 
familiar approaches to our dwellings make it looked upon as 
half-domesticated; it lives among us, yet independent, requiring 
of us nothing but quiet possession of its accustomed nook or 
ehimney. The Swallow is almost as much respected and 
cherished as the Redbreast himself, and .shares with that 
favoured bird exemption even from the persecutions of village 
urchins.’ ; 
