550 SWIFT SWALLOW. Class IL 



4. Swift. HirundoApus. H. nigricans, 514. Hist, d'ois. vi. 643. 



' , gula alba, digitis omnibus PL Enl. b^2.f. 1. 



quatuor anticis. Lath. Ind. Hirundo Apus. Gm. Lin. 



orn. 582. id. Syn. iv. 584. 1020. 



La grande Hirondelle, Mou- Ring-swala. Faun. Suec. sp. 



tardier ou grand Martinet. 272. 



Belon av. 377. Steen, Kirke-v. Saee-Svale. 



Apus. Gesner av. 166. Br. 2g2. 



Aldr. av. ii. 312. Speyer, grosse thurn schwalbe. 



Black Martin, or Swift. Wil. Kram. 380. Scopoli, No. 



orn. 214. 251. 



Jtaii Syn. av. 72. Br. Zool. 97. Arct. ZooL ii. 



Rondone. Zinan. 47- 130. 

 Le Martinet. Brisson av. ii. 



XHIS species is the largest of our swallows; 

 but the weight is iiiost disproportionately small 

 to its extent of wing ; the former being scarcely 

 one ounce, the latter eighteen inches ; the 

 length near eight inches. The feet of this bird 

 are so small, that the action of walking and of 

 rising from the ground is extremely difficult; 

 so that nature hath made it full amends, by fur- 

 nishing it with ample means for an easy and 

 continual flight. It is more on the wing than 

 any other swallows ; its flight is more rapid, 

 and that attended with a shrill scream. It rests 

 by clinging against some wall, or other apt 

 body; from whence Klein styles this species 

 Hirundo 7nuraria. It breeds under the eaves 



