But it is much to be regretted that it is scarce 

 possible for any observer to be so full and exact as 

 he could wish in reciting the circumstances attend- 

 ing the life and conversation of this little bird, since 

 it is fera naturd, at least in this part of the kingdom, 

 disclaiming all domestic attachments, and haunting 



Sand-martins. 



wild heaths and commons where there are large 

 lakes ; while the other species, especially the swallow 



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