200 love's meinie. 



in terms of admiration of its vast powers of 

 flight ; it is not surprising, therefore, that an 

 individual should now and then wing its way 

 across the Channel to the British Islands, and 

 roam over our meads and fields until it is 

 shot." (G.) It is, I believe, the swallow of 

 the Bible, — abundant, though only a summer 

 migrant, in the Holy Land. I have never 

 seen it, that I know of, nor thought of it in 

 the lecture on the Swallow ; but give here the 

 complete series of Hirundines, of which some 

 notice may incidentally afterwards occur in 

 the text. 



VII. 



147. NOCTUA EUROP.EA. NIGHT-JAR 

 OF EUROPE. 



Caprimulgus Europaeus. L. 

 L'Engoulevent. F. (Crapaud-volant, popu- 

 lar.) 

 Geissmelcher. — Nacht-schade. T. 

 Covaterra. I. 



Caprimulgus Europaeus. G. and Y. 

 Night-jar. B. 



Dorrhawk and Fern-owl, also given by 

 Bewick, are the most beautiful English names 



