106 BIRDS OF GUERNSEY. 



88. SWALLOW, Hirundorustica, Linnaeus. French, 

 " Hirondelle de Cheminee." According to Metivier's 

 'Dictionary,' "Aronde" is the local Guernsey- 

 French name of the Swallow, which is a common 

 summer visitant to all the Islands, and very gene- 

 rally distributed over the whole of them, and not 

 having particular favourite habitations as the 

 Martin has. It arrives and departs much about the 

 same time that it does in England, except that I do 

 not remember ever to have seen any laggers quite 

 so late as some of those in England. A few 

 migratory flocks probably rest for a short time in 

 the Islands before continuing their journey north 

 or south, as the case may be ; the earliest arrivals and 

 the latest laggers belong to such migratory flocks, 

 the regular summer residents probably not arriving 

 quite so soon, and departing a little before those 

 that pay a passing visit ; consequently the number 

 of residents does not appear at any time to be 

 materially increased by such wandering flocks. 



Professor Ansted includes the Swallow in his list, 

 but only marks it as occurring in Guernsey and 

 Sark. There is no specimen of any of the Hirundines 

 in the Museum. 



89. MARTIN. Chelidon urbica, Linnaeus. French, 

 "Hirondelle de fenetre." The House Martin is 

 much more local than the Swallow, but still a 

 numerous summer visitant, like the Swallow, 



