BIRDS, 4i 



Undoubtedly a nocturnal bird of the Picus tribe. 

 I was told by an old countryman of mine, who 

 lives in a district called the Royal Grant, that he 

 had heard the nightingale, but this I am persuaded 

 was a mistake. It was, he said, a night bird very 

 small, and never distinctly visible. Dr. Mitchill 

 told me he observed notes which he took to be the 

 nightingale's one night at Wood Creek, but this 

 I believe was the same song which I heard on the 

 canal. 



There are four species of swallows here, the 

 same number as in Great Britain, and I believe 

 they go by the same bames, although specifically 

 distinct. 



Hirundo Rustica House Swallow. 



Hirundo Pelasgia Chimney Swallow. - 



Hirundo Purpurea Martin. 



Hirundo Riparia Bank Swallow. 

 The Chimney Swallow is different from its 

 congeners ; it has no furcated tail. It is a wild 

 bird, and nestles in chimnies and hollow trees. 

 I hear it descend the chimney of the room in 

 which I sleep every night ; its operations are 

 incessant, and its chattering never ending, I 

 have reason to think that there are more species 

 of swallows in this country, than those enumera- 

 ted. The Caprimulgus Virginianus or Whip 

 Poor-will, is a very singular bird» It is unknoWYi 



