Crass II. SE SS a a? ees at 
boring through the foil in a wonderful manner 
with its feet, claws, and bill. It makes its neft of 
hay, ftraw, &c. and lines it with feathers: it lays 
five or fix white eggs. It is the earlieft of the fwal- 
low tribe in. bringing out its young. 
o 
La grande Hirondelle, Mou- Le Martinet. Briffon av. Il, 
tardier ou grand Martinet. 514. 
Belon av. 377. Hirundo apus. Lin. fpf. 344. 
Apus. Gefner av. 166. Ring-fwala. Faun. Suec. /p. 
Aldr. av. WN. 312. 257 
Black Martin, or Swift. W7/. Steen, Kirke-v. Sze-Svale. 
Orn. 214. Br 262% 
Rati fynav. 72. Speyer, groffe thurn fchwalbe, 
Rondone. Zznan. 47. Kram. 380. Scopoli, No. 
pie 
Br, Zool. 97. 
a fpecies is the largeft of our fwallows; but 
the weight is moft difproportionately {mall 
to its extent of wing of any bird; the former be- 
ing fcarce one ounce, the latter eighteen inches. : 
The length near eight. The feet of this bird are 
fo {mall, that the action of walking and of rifing 
from the ground is extremely difficult; fo that 
nature hath made it full amends, by furnifhing it 
with ample means for an eafy and continual flight. 
It is more on the wing than any other fwallows; its 
flight is more rapid, and that attended with a fhrill 
fcream. It refts by clinging againft fome wall, or 
other apt body; from whence Kiein ftyles this fpe- 
; cies 
403 
171. SWIFT. 
