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» Sand-Martin.—Hirundo riparia, Linn. 
PLATE 42. Fig. 8. 
Hirundo riparia, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 344. 4.—Fauna Suec. No. 273.—Gmel. 
Syst. 1. p. 1019.—Zazh. Ind. Ornith. 2. p. 575. 10.—Raii, Syn. p. 71. A. 3. 
Will. p. 156. t. 39.—Briss. 2. p. 506.—Wils. Amer. Ornith. v. 5. p. 46. 
pl. 38. f. 4, 
L’Hirondelle de Rivage, Buff: Ois. v. 6. p. 632.—Id. Pl. Enl. 543. f. 2. the 
young.—Temm. Man. d’Ornith. v. 1. p. 429. 
Uferschwalbe, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. v. 3. p. 922.—Meyer, Tasschenb. 
Deut. v. 1. p. 278.—F'risch, t. 18. f. 2. A. 
Sand Martin, Br. Zool. 1. No. 170.—Arct. Zool. 2. No. 332.— Albin. 2. t. 56. 
6.—Lewin’s Br. Birds, t. 125.—Lath. Syn. 4. p. 568. 10.— Will. (Ang.) 
p- 213. t. 39. Mont. Ornith. Dict.— Wale. Syn. 2. t. 253.—Pult. Cat. Dor- 
set. p. 13.—Bewick’s Br. Birds, 1. p. 258.—ZLow’s Fau. Orcad. p. 74.— 
Shaw’s Zool. v. 10. p. 104. pl. 11. 
Provincial, Sandy-Bank, Sand-Swallow. 
This bird is the earliest of the tribe in its visit to Britain, Periodical 
and 1s first seen about the end of March. en 
It is partially distributed through the country, and is only 
found, in any considerable number, in such districts as offer 
_ suitable situations for its peculiar mode of nidification, which 
is confined to precipitous sandy banks, whether as the boun- 
dary of rivers, or otherwise.—In these, by means of its bill 
and claws, it burrows horizontally, to a considerable depth, Nest, &c. 
and, at the end of the hole, makes a nest of hay, straw, fea- 
thers, &c. on which it deposits four or five white eggs.. Mr 
Low states this species to be very common, and more nume- 
rous than the other, in the Orkney Islands.—It is mostly 
seen skimming the surface of lakes and rivers, where it meets 
with an abundant supply of gnats, and other aquatic flies. 
Its manners are similar to those of the other species, with 
‘which it frequently associates, though I am not aware that it 
assembles in flocks, like them, previous to its periodical de- 
parture. It is the smallest of the genus that visits Great 
Britain. 
Pirate 42. Fig. 3. Natural size. 
Bill black. The upper parts, cheeks, and pectoral band, eee 
dark hair-brown. Wings clove-brown, inclining to tion. : 
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