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SWALLOW. 



RUFOUS- 

 BELLIED SW. 



Description.. 



Place and 



Manners. 



L'Hirondelle a ventre roux de Cayenne, Buf. oif. vi. p. 607.— PI. tnh 724. 

 f. 1. 



T ESS than our Chimney Swallow : length five inches and a 

 half. Bill half an inch long, and black : the forehead is 

 whitifh : the upper parts of the body gloffy black ; the under ru- 

 fous, growing paler towards the vent : legs dufky. 



Thefe are found at Cayenne, and not unfrequently as far north 

 as New Tork ; and are the fort which M. Bajon * mentions build- 

 ing in houfes, without any mixture of mud, fabricating the neft 

 with mofs,dried plants, and fhort bits of flicks, all united with a 

 fort of gum, fo as fcarce to be broken, lining it with feathers; 

 fufpending it from the beams and rafters, fides of walls, and 

 eaves of houfes ; fometimes a foot and a half in length, and is 

 fixed by one of its fides, making the opening near the bottom. 

 The female lays four or five eggs. The young go out as foon 

 as their wings will fupport them. 



CAPE SW. 



Description. 



L'Hirondelle au Capuchin roux, Buf. oif. vi. p. 608. 



Hirondelle a tete roufie du Cap de Bonne Efperance, PI. enl. 723. f. 2. 



T ENGTH feven inches. Bill half an inch, and black : 

 the whole top of the head, below the eyes on each fide, and 

 the nape behind, is deep rufous, mixed with black : the back 

 part of the neck, back, and wing coverts, blue black : quills 

 brown, edged with lighter brown : tail forked ; blackilb ; all the 

 feathers, except the two middle, marked with an oval fpot of 



Mem. fur Cayenne, vol. ii. p. 275. 



white, 



