﻿SWALLOW. 



Tongue fhort, broad, and cloven. 



Tail, for the mod part, forked * ; wings long. 



Legs fhort ■, toes placed three before and one behind t° 



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Hir undo ruftica, Lin. Sj/Jl. i. p. 343. N° 1 .—&■«/. ann, i. p. 165. N° 249.— 



Kram. el. p. 380. N° l.—Muller, N° 287.— Bruit, orn. bor. p. 73. 



N° zfy.—Georgi Rei/e, p. 175 — -Fri/cb. t. i?»—Faun. Suee. 270. 

 L'Hirondelie de Cheminee, Brif. orn. ii. p. 486. N° i. 

 ' ' ■ " • • — cm L'Hirondelie doraeftique, Buf. oi/. vx. p. 591. 



pi. 25. f 1.— PI. enl. 543. f. 1. 

 Hirundo domeftica, Rait Sjn. p. 71. A. 1. 

 Common or Chimney Swallow, Will. orn. p. 212. t. 39. — Albin. i. pi. 45.-=- 



Br. Zool. i. N° 168. pi. tf.—Ara. Zool. 

 Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 



[" E N G T H more than fix inches. Bill black : irides hazel : 

 forehead and chin red, inclining to chefnut: the upper 

 parts of the head, neck, body, wings, and tail, black, with a 

 rich glofs of purplifh blue ; breaft and belly white : the tail very 

 forked i all the feathers, except the two middle ones, marked 

 with an oval white fpot on the inner web near the end : legs very 

 fhort, and blackifh. 



This is well known throughout England, where it takes up its 

 refidence during the fummer-months, departing about the end 

 of September, and coming the latter end of March. With us it 

 builds univerfally in chimneys, within five or fix ket of the top, 

 on the infide, making its neft of mud, mixed with ftraw and 

 hair, lining it with feathers. Lays from four to fix white eggs, 



+■ CHIMNEF 

 SW. 



Description, 



Place and 



Manners. 



* Except the 24th fpecies, which has an even tail. 



t The four laft excepted, the toes of which are all placed forwards. 



Vol. II. 



4 C 



fpeckled 



