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SAND-MARTIN. 



HIRUNDO RIPARIA, Linn. 

 PLATE XLII. FIG. 3. 



Hirundo riparia, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 344. 4 Fauna Suec. No. 273 Gmel. 



Syst. 1. p. 1019 Lath. Ind. Ornith. 2. p. 575. 10. Ran Syn. p. 71. 



A. 3 Will. p. 156. t. 39. Briss. 2. p. 506. Wils. Amer. Ornith. v. 5. 



p. 46. pi. 38. f. 4. 

 L'Hirondelle de Rivage, Buff. Ois. v. 6. p. 632 Id. PL EnL 543. f. 2. the 



young. Temm. Man. d'Ornith. v. 1. p. 429. 

 Uferschwalbe, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. v. 3. p. 922 Meyer, Tasschenb. 



Deut. v. 1. p. 21&Frisch, t. 18. f. 2. A. 

 Sand-Martin, Br. Zool. 1. No. 170 Arct. ZooL 2. No. 332 Albin. 2. 



t. 56. 6 Lewirfs Br. Birds, t. 125 Lath. Syn. 4. p. 568. 10 Will. 



(Ang.) p. 213. t. 39. Mont. Ornith. Diet Wale. Syn. 2. t. 253 Pult. 



Cat. Dorset, p. 13. Bewick's Br. Birds, 1. p. 258. Low's Fau. Oread. 



p. 74 Shaw's ZooL v. 10. p. 104. pi. 11. 



PROVINCIAL. Sandy-Bank, Sand-Swallow. 



THIS bird is the earliest of the tribe in its visit to Britain, Periodical 

 and is first seen about the end of March. visitant. 



It is partially distributed through the country, and is only 

 found, in any considerable number, in such districts as offer 

 suitable situations for its peculiar mode of modification, which 

 is confined to precipitous sandy banks, whether as the boun- 

 dary of rivers, or otherwise. In these, by means of its bill 

 and claws, it burrows horizontally, to a considerable depth, Nest, &c. 

 and, at the end of the hole, makes a nest of hay, straw, fea- 

 thers, &c. on which it deposits four or five white eggs. Mr 

 Low states this species to be very common, and more nume- 

 rous than the other, in the Orkney Islands. It is mostly 

 seen skimming the surface of lakes and rivers, where it meets 

 with an abundant supply of gnats, and other aquatic flies. 

 Its manners are similar to those of the other species, with 

 which it frequently associates, though I am not aware' that it 

 assembles in flocks, like them, previous to its periodical de- 

 parture. It is the smallest of the genus that visits Great 

 Britain. 



