﻿572 SWALLOW. 



laft forked in fhape : the under parts dufky white : fome of the 

 wing coverts edged with white : the quills exceed the tail in 

 length : legs dufky. 

 Place. Inhabits the Eaft Indies. 



Taken from fome unpublifhed drawings of the late Mr. Ed- 

 wards, now in my pofTefnon. 



I7 * Le Martinet de St. Domineue. Brif. am. ii. p. ei4- N° 16. pi. 46. f. 2. 



BLACK SW b 



Le petit Martinet noir, Buf. oif. vi. p. 668. — Mem. fur Cayenne, vol. ii. 



p. 276. 



Description. ^TH I S meafures near fix inches in length. The bill is half an 

 inch long : the colour of the bird wholly black : tail 

 forked : the wings exceed it in length by near one inch and a 

 half. 

 Place and This fpecies inhabits St. Domingo and Cayenne : is not nume- 



rous : is often feen to perch on dead trees ; and only inhabits dry 

 favannas inland. It fcoops out a hole in the earth, half a foot in 

 length, the mouth of it very fmall, fo as juft to permit entrance! 

 in this cavity it conftrucls the neft, and rears the young. 



Buffcn mentions one of thefe, as a variety, which had on the 

 forehead a narrow band of white; and a fecond, which came from 

 Louifiana *, of the fame fize, but wholly of a dull blackim grey : 

 the lees bare of feathers. 



Manners. 



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* Martinet de la Louifiane, PI. enl. "jz6. f. 1. 



L'Hirondelle 



