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III. Hirvndo Riparia,. Schwenk. Aldrov. torque alba, (^lb? Fam. 

 <Sd)tt)al{?e, Frifcb. The Sand-Martin or Shore-Bird, Will. Albin II. 56. g^ 

 UftT'<5anb^^Cin«Q58a|Tcr'©(^Wa(be. Hirundo minor terrei coloris. V J[' 

 Hirundo cinerea, gula abdomineque albis, Linn. Tr. 



Cavitates profundas transverfim in littoribus abruptis fodit; inque 1L 

 iis hybernat. 



IV. Hirvndo Mvraria, faxatilis , five fpeluncaris, Schwenk. 

 Apes, Apus, Frifch. The Swift, Albin II. 55. Hirundo nigra tota , gula 

 albicante Linn. $iaue^tCin=<5d)Walbe\ <5pilfd)tt>aibC-. 



Dicunturapodesabreviflimispedibusvelquod xaKirofys funtutexpli- 

 cdXAriftot.; alis longiflimis ; nunquamconfidetinterra, unde fe in altum 

 elevare nequit. Hujus varietates : 



1. Hirvndo Americana Tapera didta, Kaji p. 72. Vene. de 

 Oviedo. Marggr. Herondeile de du Tertre II. p. 259. The Svvallow: 

 Sloane p. 312. Will. Rajus leviter fe diftinguere dicit Taperam a noftra 

 Hirundine muraria. Du Tertre appellat avem migratoriam in infulis 

 Caribinis. Oviedo eandem efle putat cum Hirundine hifpanica; -plurd 

 Parte III. 



2. Hirvndo Maxima Freti Hercvlei; ©rofie ©ibratta^ 



©djWalb?» The greateft Martin or Swift; Edw. I. p. 27. Superne milvi- 

 ni coloris fufco mixti ; gutture albo ; collo a thorace maculis fufcis fe- 

 parato; thorace albo fuper terreo; pedes roftrumque nigricant; alz 

 2" longiores cauda, quam fuperant decuflatim. This Bird fo nearly ref- 

 fembles the LefTer-Martin call'd the Sand or Banck Martin, that the De- . 

 fcription of the one might allmoft ferve for the other, fave that this is 

 as large as a blackbird or very near it, and that very little bigger than a 

 Wren - Revera eft Hirundo muraria, non riparia , Iicet colore cum hac 

 conveniat, terram tamen frequentare nequit. Edwardus a confiliis eft, 

 ut probe oblervetur, quo tempore hzc avis in Africam migraverit, & 

 quando redierit; quafi vero res jam fit expedita, migratoriam efTe ijvem; 

 cum quidem optimus autor in praefatione fplendidiflimi operis omnes aves 

 migratorias ejfe contendat ; plura Parte III ubi de hybernaculis avium. 



V. Hirvndo Cantv Alavdam Referens. Feuillee III. p. 267. 

 ^ang.'@ct)Walbf« Dicitur magnitudinem habere Hirundinis ruftica:, 

 Martinica non nifi menfibus Majo, Junio & Juiio apparens; unde fe- 

 quitur, non efle avem ex Europa migratoriam, quod non uno eodemque 

 tempore fimul in Amcricam & in Galliam proficifcatur . 



L 2 VI. 



