Crass Il. CHIMNY SWALLOW. 
_ month of Oéoder, after their migration out of Ey- 
rope, on the fhores of that kingdom: but whether 
it was this fpecies alone, or all the European kinds, 
he is filent. 
The name of chimny fwallow may almott be 
confined to Great Britain, for in feveral other coun- 
tries they chufe different places for their nefts. In 
Sweden, they prefer barns, fo are ftyled there Ladu- 
Swala, or the barn fwallow: and in the hotter 
climates, they make their nefits in porches, gate- 
ways, galleries, and open halls. : 
The houfe fwallow is diftineuifhed from all others 
by the fuperior forkinefs of its tail, and by the 
red fpot on the forehead, and under the chin. 
The crown of the head, the whole upper part of 
the body, and the coverts of the wings are black, 
clofed with a rich purplifh blue, moft refplendent 
in the male: the breaft and belly white, that of 
the male tinged with red: the tail black; the two 
middle feathers plain: the others marked tranf- 
verfely near their ends with a white fpot. The 
exterior feathers of the tail are much longer in the 
male than in the female. 
Its food is the fame with the others of its kind, 
viz. infects; for the taking of which in their fwifteft 
flight, nature hath admirably contrivea their feve- 
ral parts; their mouths are very wide to take in 
flies, écc. in their quickeft motion; their wings 
are long, and adapted for diftant and continual 
flight; and their tails are forked, to enable them 
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