4J2 " SWIFT, AND ACULEATED SWALLOW. ~ 



away, and purfuing with great noife, Crows, Hawks, and all kinds of 

 vernnin. On the approach of any thing noxious, they fet up a loud 

 note J which the chickens confider as an alarm, and inftantly run 

 under fhelter. 



334. Swift. Br. Zool. i. K' iyi.--Latbam, ii. $84. 



Swift, or Diveling, La-w/oii, 145. 

 Hirundo apus. Ring-Swala, Fauti^ Suee. 272. 

 Le Martinet noir, De Buffon, 643.— P/. Enl. 542. — Bl. Mus. 



C W. With a very fmall bill : white chin : all the plumage befides 

 dufky : all the toes flanding forward. 

 Pi,A#B. According to Mr. Lawfon, inhabits Carolina. Found in vaft 



abundance beyond lake Baikal, on the lofcieft rocks ; chiefly about 

 the river Onon, where a variety with a white rump is very com- 

 mon. Extends in Europe as high as Drontheim. 



335. AcuLEATED. American Swallow, Catefiy, i. 8. 



Chimney Swallow, Kalm. ii. 146. 

 Hirundo pelafgia, Lin. Syji. 345. — Latham, ii. 583. 



Le Hirondelle brune acutipenne, De Buffon, vi. 699. — PL E13L yz6._ 

 — Lev. Mus. — Bl. Mus. 



QW. With the bill fliort, broad, and black : head, -upper part of 

 the neck, and wings, dufky : bread cinereous : back, tail, and 

 belly brown ; tail even at the end ; extremities of each fliaft naked 

 and fharp-pointed : wings extend far beyond the tail : legs longer 

 than common to this tribe, and naked a little below the knee. 

 Length five inches and a half. 

 jPtACEr Inhabits many parts of North America, Arrives in New Tork and 



Penfylvania in May ; fomtimes early, fometimes late in the month. 

 Builds in chimnies, forming'a moft curious neft, with bits of fmall 

 flicks, cemented by peach-tree gum. It is open at top, and forms 

 about a third of ,a circle. Lays four or five eggs in June, and quits the 



2 country 



