Class II. MARTIN SWALLOW. 



nest in the upper part of the frame of an old 

 picture over a chimney, in a room little fre- 

 quented, coming through a broken pane of the 

 window, and this for three successive years, 

 and probably would have continued to do so, 

 if the room being put into repair all access 

 to the inside was prevented." J. L. 



547 



Hirundo urbica. H. nigro-cae- 



rulescens subtus alba, rectri- 



cibus immaculatis. Lath. 



Ind. orn. 573. id Syn. iv. 



564. id. Sup. i. 102. 

 Le Martinet. Belon av. 380. 

 Hirundo sylvestris. Gesner av. 



564. Frisck, i. 17. 

 Aldr. av. ii. 311. 

 Martin, Martlet, or Martinet. 



Wil. orn. 213. 

 Bali Syn. av. 7T. 

 Rondone minore, e Grassolo. 



Zinan. 48. 

 Huda urnik. Scopoli, No. 



250. 



La petite Hirondelle, ou le 2. Martin. 



Martinet a cul blanc. Bris- 



son av. ii. 49O. Hist, d'ois. 



vi. 614. Pl.Enl. 542,/. 2. 

 Hirundo urbica. Gm. Lin. 



1017- 

 Hus-Swala. Faun. Suec. sp. 



271. 

 Speyerl. Kram. 380. 

 Danis, Bye v. Tagskiceg-Svale, 



Langelandis, Rive. Br. 29O. 

 Ph.Tr. 1774. p. 196. 

 Br. Zool. q6. plate Q. f. 2. p. 



196. Arct. Zool. ii, 128. 



JL HE Martin is inferior in size to the former 

 species, and its tail is much less forked. The 

 head and upper part of the body, except the 

 rump, is black glossed with blue ; the breast, 

 belly, and rump, are white ; the feet are covered 

 with a short white down. This is the second 



2 N 2 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



