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lying to the eaft of them. It is much to be wondered, that, 

 among other luxuries imported by us from the Eaft, the ufe 

 of thefe nefts fhould not have found a way to our tables : as yet 

 being fo fcarce in England as to be kept as rarities in the cabi- 

 nets of collectors. 



The bird itfelf, at Sumatra, is known by the name of Layong- 

 hyong*. 



La grande Hirondelle brune a ventre tachete ou L'Hirondelle des b\is,Buf. '5j, „ 



oif. vi. p. 694; 

 L'Hirondelle de L'Ifle Bourbon, PI. ettl. 544. f. z. a variety. 



C I Z~E of the Swift. Bill black: the plumage above blackifh Description 



brown ; beneath grey, marked with longitudinal brown fpots : : 

 tail even at the end : legs black. 



This inhabits the Ifle of France; frequenting places fown with 1 Place and 

 wheat, and glades of woods j affefHng. elevated fituations, and Manners. 

 frequently feen perched on trees and ftones : follows herds of cat- 

 tle for. the fake of flies which furround them, , and not unfre- 

 quently feen in the wake of flaps in great numbers, in the road 

 near the ifle, no doubt for the fame purpofe. . Frequently ob- 

 ferved of evenings about the clefts in the mountains, where it is 

 faid to pafs the night ; and to make the nefts of ftraw and fea- 

 thers ; laying two eggs, of a grey colour, dotted with brown. 



This bird is known in the IJk of France by the name of Hiron- 

 delle des bles, or Wheat Swallow. 



That mentioned above, in the Planches enluminees, differs a 



^■Hifitry of Sumatra. 



little ; ; 



