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HIRUNDINID.E. 



INSESSOUES. 



FISSIROSTRES. 



HIRUNDINID^. 



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THE SAND MARTIN, 



OR BANK MARTIN. 



Hirundo riparia, Sand Martin, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 549. 



Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 305. 



Flem. Brit. An. p. 61. 



Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 125. 

 Bank ,, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 158. 

 Sand ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xiii. 



Hirondelle de rivage, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol.i. p. 429. 



The Sand Martin is the smallest in size, and probably 

 tlie least numerous, of the three species of Hirundo visiting 

 this country. It makes its appearance here a little earlier 

 than the Swallow or Martin ; but not frequenting the habita- 



