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F. Hirundinidse. Swallows. 

 Gen. Clivicola. Bank-Martins. 



XXIII. staeSswealwe. Sand-martin (clivicola riparia); 

 <; stcgQ, bank + swealwe, swallow. 



Cp. R. 195 : ripariolus, staetSsuualwe. Lchdm. 2. 154. 5 : gif mon fundige 

 wits his feond to gefeohtanne, staetSswealwan briddas geseotSe on wine, ete 

 Bonne aer. 



Gen. Hirundo. Chimney-Swallows. 



XXIV. swealwe. Svf3.\lo^ {hirundo rustica) ; also called 

 chi m n ey-s w a 1 lo w . 



ME. swalwe ; I eel. svala; OHG. swalawa; G. schwalbe. 



WW. 260. 3g : hirunda, swealwe ; 417. 14 : hirundo ~ ; 470. 9 : progna ~ . 

 Cp. P. 710 : ~suualuue; &. Gr. 37. 7: irundo, swalowe ; ZdA. 241. 58: 

 •^ swealewe ; JE,. Gl. 307. 7 : hirundo, swalewe ; Cp. H. io5 : ~ sualuue ; 

 Ep. 498 : ~ sualuuae ; Er. 498 : ~ sualuae ; Ep. 828 : progna, suualuae ; Er. 

 828 : progina, suualuuae ; Vesp. Hy. 3. 10 : swe swe swalwan ; Lchdm. 2. 100. 

 18 : swealwan nest ; 3. 44. 13 : swolwan nest ; 2. 306 7 : sec lytele stanas on 

 swealwan bridda magan ; 2. 156. 8 : gif hser to Sicce sie genim swealwan 

 gebsern under tigelan to ahsan and Ixt sceadan Sa ahsan on ; St. Guth. 52. 7 : 

 hu Sa swalawan on him saeton and sungon. Twa swalewan .... heora sang 

 upabofan . . . and hi setton on 5a sculdra Saes halgan weres GuSlaces. 



For instances of swealwe in local names, see Cod. Dip. 6. 

 338. Riddle 58 is interpreted as the swallow, although 

 Bohn calls it the starling: 



Deos lyft byreS lytle wihte 



ofer beorghleoSa, tSa sind blace switSe, 



swearte salopade. Sanges rofe 



heapura feraS, hlude cirma8, 



tredaS bearonaessas, hwilum burgsalo 



nitStSa bearna. NemnatS hy sylfe. 



Ord. Piciformes. Picine Birds. 

 Sub. Ord. Pici. Woodpeckers. 

 F. Picidae. True 'Woodpeckers. 

 Sub. F. Picinae. True Woodpeckers. 



XXV. I. higera. Woodpecker. OLO.haher. The Eng. 

 forms hickwaw, hickway, heigh-hawe, and highawe can hardly 

 have come from anything but the Anglo-Saxon higera, 

 meaning a laugher, doubtless referring to the cry of the 

 green woodpecker {gecinus viridis) cf. Diet, of Birds. 



