SAND MARTIN. 



TN8E880RS8. 



F1SSIROSTRES. 



261 

 HIRUNDINID^E. 



THE SAND MARTIN, 



OR BANK MARTIN. 



Hirundo riparia. 



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



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



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



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 61. 

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



Bank JEXTXS, Brit. Yert. p. 158. 



Sand GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Hironddle de rivage, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. 



p. 429. 



THE SAND MARTIN is the smallest in size of the species 

 of Hirundo visiting this country. It makes its appearance 

 here a little earlier than the Swallow or Martin ; but not 



