192 il//'. ViGORs's anrf JDr. Horsfield's Description of the 



" The earliest* period of the year that I noticed the appear- 

 ance of Swallows was on the 12th of July 1803, when I saw two : 

 but I remarked several towards the end of the same month in 

 the following year (1804). The latest period I observed them 

 was on the 30th of May 1806, when a number of them were 

 twittering and flying high in the air. — When I have missed them 

 at Paramatta, I have sometimes met with them among the north 

 rocks, a romantic spot about two miles to the northward of the 

 former place." 



" The natives call the SwaUozù', Berrinnin ; they told me it 

 built its nest in the hollow limbs of white gum-trees, using 

 bark, grass, hair, or similar substances ; but when it built in 

 old houses it made use of mud. These old houses are the 

 deserted huts of settlers, who have abandoned their worn-out 

 farms ; and the nests are constructed on the wall-plates, as 

 they are called in the colony. Of the nests which have been 

 brought to me, I have observed that the outside was made of 

 mud and the inside lined with feathers. Though I have seen 

 Swallows more or less almost throughout the year, yet it is my 

 belief that they are migratory .^ — -The eyes are black." 



Fam. Caprimulgid.t.. 



Genus. Caprimulgus. IJnn. et Auct. 



"y" 1. GuTTATUs. C. supra rnbiciindo-ferrugineus,fiisco-maculatus, 



remigihus hriinneis flavo-giittatis, guttis in seriebus quinquc 

 7'egîda)-iter dispositis. 



PaTtes superiores capitis colli et dorsi, tectricesque alarum prima; 

 ex rubicundo-ferrugineo, fusco, nigroque variegatœ : plu- 



* We must bear in mind, that Mr. Caley's observations as to the earlincss or late- 

 ness of the year have a reference to the year of New Holland. 



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