116 WHEAT SWALLOW. 



and is supposed to retire to the woods in the 

 night, as it is generally seen about their skirts in 

 the evening : it flies remarkably quick. 



WHEAT SWALLOW. 

 (Hirundo borbonica.) 



fli.fusco-nigricans subtus griseafusco-maculata, cauda nonfor- 



Jicata. 

 Dusky-brown Swallow, beneath grey, spotted with fuscous; tail 



not forked. 

 Hirundo borbonica. Gmel. Syst.Nat. 1. 1017. Lath. Ind. Orn. 



2. 580. 27. 



L'Hirondelle des Oles. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 6. 604, 

 L'Hirondelle de 1'isle Bourbon. Euff. PI. Enl. 544. i /i 2. var. 

 Wheat Swallow. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 581. 29. 



THE Wheat Swallow has the beak and legs 

 black ; the whole of the upper parts of the plumage 

 dusky brown ; the under parts grey, variegated 

 with longitudinal spots of brown : tail not forked. 

 There is a variety figured in the Planches Enlu- 

 mine'es, which has the head, wings and tail similar 

 to the above, but the rest of the upper parts of the 

 body are greenish brown : the three outer tail- 

 feathers are likewise edged with that colour, and 

 tipped with dirty white ; the under parts spotted 

 with brown. 



Affects wheat fields in the isle of France, and is 

 fond of elevated situations : retires in the evening 

 to the clefts of mountains, where they are said to 

 pass the night : their nests are made of straw and 



