﻿564 SWALLOW. 



in the collection of Sir J. Banks, in which fpecimen the purple 

 advances far on the bread, and is fo reprefented in our figure 

 of it. 



■ MARTIN. 



Hirundo urbica, Lin. Syjl. i. p. 344. N° z-Seop. an*, i. p. 165. N» 250 — 

 Kram. el. p. 380. N° 2 — Bruit. N" 290.— Muller, N" 288.— Fri/eb, 

 t. 17. — Georgi Reife, p. 175. — Faun. Suec. 271. 



Le petite Hirondelle, ou le Martinet a Cul blanc, Brif. orn. ii. p. 490. N° 2. 



L'Hirondelle a Cul blanc, ou de Fenetre, Buf. oif. vi. p. 614. pi. 25. N*2. 



Le petit Martinet, Pi. enl. 542. f. 2. 



Hirundo ruflica, five agreftis Plinii, Rati Syn. p. 71. A. 2. 



Martin, Martlet, or Martinet, Will. orn. p. 213. t. 39. — Albin. ii. pi. 56. a. 

 Br. Zool. i. N° 169. — Ar3. Zool. 



Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 



Description. '"PHIS is not quite fo big as the laft fpecies : length only 



five inches and a half. The bill is black : the mouth yellow 



within : irides hazel : the head, upper parts of the body, wings, 



and tail, are of a glofiy blue black : the rump white, as are the 



whole of the under parts of the body from chin to vent : the tail 



is forked, but not near fo much as in the laft : legs covered with 



white down quite to the claws, which are white alfo. 



Place and Thefe birds are frequent in England, and more numerous than 



Manners. ^ e Qbj; mne y Swallow. They build under the eaves and cornices 



of houfes, making a neft of mud and ftraw, like that bird, leaving 



a hole for entrance, and lining the infide with feathers : often 



" builds againft the fides of high cliffs near the fea. For 



" the time that the young keep the neft, the old one feeds 



" them, adhering by the claws to the outfide ; but as foon as 



" they quit it, feeds them flying, by a motion quick, and almoft 



«' imperceptible 



