390 BRITISH BIRDS' NESTS. 



names : Stoneclink, Stone Chatter, Stone Smick, 

 Stone Chack, Stonesmith, Chick Stone, Black Cap, 

 Moor Titling (a name generally applied to the 

 Meadow Pipit in some districts). A fairly close 

 sitter, but when at the foot of a furze bush the bird 

 runs for some distance before taking flight. It is 

 extremely wary, and I have lain for hours and hours 

 together watching a pair through my binoculars 

 without being able to discover the nest. 



SWALLOW. 



(Hirundo rustica.} 

 Order PASSERES ; Family HIRUNDINID^E (SWALLOWS). 



Description of Parent Birds. 

 Length about eight and a 

 half inches ; bill short, straight, 

 somewhat flat, and black. 

 Irides hazel. Forehead chest- 

 nut ; crown, neck, back, rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts steely- 

 blue ; wings and tail sooty- 

 black, the former long and 

 sword-like, and the latter very much forked. From 

 several specimens examined I have found that one 

 side of the tail (sometimes the right and at others 

 the left) is a trifle longer than the other ; chin 

 and throat chestnut. Round the lower part of the 

 throat and upper part of the breast is a broad 

 steely-blue collar ; lower breast, belly, vent, and 

 under tail-coverts buffy - white ; legs, toes, and 

 claws short, slender, and black. 



The female is not so richly marked in her 

 plumage, and her tail is not so long. 



Situation and Locality. Generally, as shown in 



