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MARTIN. 



HiRUNDo uRBicA, Linn, 

 PLATE XLII. Fig. 2. 



Hirundo urbica, Linn. Syst. 1. p. .344, 3 — Gmel. Svst. 1. p. 1017. sp. 3. — 



Lath. Ind. Ornith. v. 2. p. 573. sp. 3 — Fau. Suec 1. No. 271. 1. 

 Hirundo rustica sive agrestis, Raii Syn. p. 1\. A. 2 — Will. p. 155. t. 39. 



— Briss. 2. p. 490. 2. 

 Hirondelle a Cul-blanc ou de Fenetre, Buff. Ois. v. 6. p. 614. t. 25 — Id. 



PI. EiiL p. 542. f. 2. 

 Hirondelle de Fenetre, Temm. Man. d'Omith. v. 1. p. 428. 

 Housschwalbe, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. v. 3. j). 915 — Meyer. Tasschenb. 



Deut. V. 1. p. 277 — Frisch. t. 17- f- 2. 

 Martin or Martlet, Br. Zool. 1. No. 169 — Arct. Zool. 2. No. SSl.— Albin. 



2. t. 5G.—Lewi7i-s Br. Birds, 3. t. 123 — Will. (Ang.) p. 212. t. 39 — Lath. 



Syn. 4. p. 564. 3 Td. Sup. p. 192 Mont Ornith. Diet —Id. Sup — 



Wale. Syn. 2. t. 251 Pult. Cat. Dorset, p. 13 — Betvick'sBr. Birds, v. 1. 



t. 261 -Low's Fau. Oread, p. 73 — Shaw's Zool. v. 1. p. 84. 



The first appearance of the Martin in this country is a Periodieal 

 few days after the preceding species, and, on its first arrival, 

 it is usually seen in warm and low situations ; such being 

 most likely to furnish a full supply of its natural food. It 

 is very generally dispersed throughout the kingdom, and is 

 found wherever man has fixed his residence, seeming to court 

 his protection. It commences nidification early in May, if 

 the weather proves favourable, and builds in the upper angles 

 of windows, and under the eaves of houses ; sometimes under 

 the arches of bridges, or against the face of rocks *. The Nest, &c. 

 nest is formed of mud compactly worked and cemented by 

 means of its bill, and is closed all around, except a small 

 orifice, usually on the most sheltered side, and just of suffi- 

 cient size to admit a passage to the inhabitants. It is well 

 lined with a collection of straw, hay, and feathers. Mon- 

 tagu observes, that both the male and female are frequently 



* Great numbers of this speeies annually breed about the lofty perpen- 

 dicular cliffs of St Abb's Head, on the coast of Berwickshire; a great 

 breeding resort also of the Alcadoe, and certain speeies of Gulls. 



