INSESSORES. 

 FISSIROSTRES. 



SAND MARTIN. 



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IIIRUNDINID/E. 



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THE SAND MARTIN, 



OR BANK MARTIN. 



Hirundo riparia. 



Hirundo riparia, Sand Martin, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 549. 



,, MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 305. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 61. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 125. 



Bank JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 158. 



Sand GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xiii. 



Hirondelle de rivage, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 429. 



THE SAND MARTIN is the smallest in size of the species 

 of Hirundo visiting this country. It makes its appearance 

 here a little earlier than the Swallow or Martin ; but not 



