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able analogy, that Swallows' eggs were originally or primitively 

 white, and that they became colored somewhat according to 

 increasing degree of exposure to which they may have been 

 subjected during the long time in which the nesting habits of 

 the birds have undergone modification. 



1. Eggs pure white, unmarked : Tachycineta bicolor, T. tha- 

 lassina, Cotyle riparia, Stelgidopteryx serripennis, Progne pur- 

 purea. 



2. Eggs thickly speckled : Hirundo horreorum, Petrochelidon, 

 lunifrons. 



I have at hand the following titles of articles relating to the 

 habits of Swallows, with special reference to their nidification : — 



1774. White, G. Account of the House Martin, or Martlet. < Philoa. 



Trans. Ixiv. pt. i. 1774, pp. 196-201. 

 HaUta of Ohdidon urbica. 



1775. White, G. Of the House-Swallow, Swift, and Sand-Martin. <^Philos. 



Trans. Ixv. pt. ii. 1775, pp. 258-276. 

 Habits. 

 1831. Steel, J. W. Swallows. < Am. Joum. Sci. xix. 1831, pp. 356, 357. 

 Nidification of Hvrwndo luni/roTU. 



1831. Woodruff, S. Notice of a Barn Swallow in a letter to the Editor 



dated Windsor, Turky [sic] Hill, June 7th, 1830, from Samuel Wood- 

 ruff. <C Sillim. Am. Joum. Sci. xix. 1831, pp. 172, 173. 

 Description and nidification of Sirundo lunifrons. 



1832. Caemichael, Capt. Capitain Carmichael iiber Sohwalben. < Oken's 



Ms, Bd. XXV. 1832, p. 589. 

 Anszag ans d. Edinb. Fhilos. Joam. 1819, p. 421. 



1832. Couch, J. Nests of the Swallow and Martin. <^Loudon'B Mag. Nat. 

 fii«/. v.l832,pp.735,736. 



1832. " H. B." Remarks on [habits of] Swallows. < Loudon's Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. V. 1832, pp. 285-287. 



1832. "H. B." Instinct in the Martin (Hirundo urbica). <^Loudon'$ Mag. 

 Nat. Hist. V. 1832, p. 735. 



1832. NoEMAN,A. "StroddaUnderattelser. [Om Svalors parning.] ^^lidsk. 



f. Jagare o. Naturf. i. 1832, p. 320." 

 Not seen— title from Von ^Friesen, Qtv. Sver. Om. Litti 



1833. "A Friend OP C.P.'s." The Swallow, a capricious Architect. <^ Lou- 



don's Mag. Nat. Hist. vi. 1833, pp. 454-456. 



1833. Brbe, W. T. a late Brood of young Martins. < Loudon's Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. vi. 1833, pp. 70-72. 



1833. Clarke, W. B. Birds' Nests in singular Places. <^ Loudon's Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. vi. 1833, pp. 523, 524. 

 Swallow's nest in beel of a shoe in an inhabited apartment. 



