house-martin, the close and crowded parts of the 

 city. 



Both male and female are distinguished from 

 their congeners by the length and forkedness of 

 their tails. They are undoubtedly the most nimble 

 of all the species ; and when the male pursues the 

 female in amorous chase, they then go beyond their 

 usual speed, and exert a rapidity almost too quick 

 for the eye to follow. 



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Selhorne cottages. 



After this circumstantial detail of the life and 

 discerning aTop<yri of the swallow, 1 shall add, for 

 your further amusement, an anecdote or two not 



much in favour of their sagacity. 



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