LECTUR1. VI. MB 



I Titmouse, uhich buil \t o\al nest with 



a lateral opeiiin:;. Others Imilil pend- nl 

 tin- Pnli-li 'I. or P. pemlulnm->. 



Amont; the soft-hilled Passen-s or small-birds 

 tin- ijeniis Ilinimtu or Swallow is r -markable for 

 many particularities. The eh of liie genus 



,11 a -^iiiall short l>ill, ^^itll a broadish base; 

 a uiiir mouth or <^i|x ; a .sliori, divided tongue; 

 long wings, and short I. 



The common Swallow, or Hinindo rustica, is a 

 migratory Itird, \arying its residence according 

 to tli >n, on account, chiefly, of the insect 



trilu-s on which it ft <U. If kept in a sufficiently 

 warm apartment, and supplied with insect food, 

 the ( oinmon Swallow may be kept throughout ih< 

 \\iutcr, without exhibiting any symptoms of an 

 inclination to torpidity. It is well known that it 

 lia^ been by many supposed to remain torpid, or 

 rather concealed in close caverns and other retired 

 situations during the winter season; and this 

 really appears to have been sometimes the ease 

 with the later broods; instances having been 

 known of Swallows suddenly appearing on th*- 

 tops of sunny buildings and rocks in the middle 

 of winter. Among the most extravagant theories, 



