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Genus XIX. S W A L L O W S. 

 I. the HOUSE SWALLOW. 



La petite Hirondelle. Behnwv. I/Hirondelle deCheminee. Brif- 



378. fan a<v. ii. 486. 



Hirundo domeftica. Gefner a<v. Hirundo ruftica. Lin.fyji. -i,\T,. 



548. Ladu-Swala. Faun. Suec. fp. 



Alar. an/, ii. 294. 270. 



Houfe or chimney Swallow. Wil. Forftue - S vale, Mark - Svale. 



orn. 212. Brunnich 289. 



Halt fyn. am. 71. Haufs Schwalbe. Kram. 380. 



Rondone. Zinan. 47. Br. Zool. 96. 



'Hp'HIS fpecies appears in Great -Britain near 

 ■*■ twenty days before the martin, or any other of 

 the fwallow tribe. They leave us the latter end of 

 September ; and for a few days previous to their depar- 

 ture, they affemble in valt flocks on houfe tops, 

 churches, and even trees, from whence they take 

 their flight. It is now known that fwallows take 

 their winter quarters in Senegal, and pofiibly they 

 may be found along the whole Morocco more. We 

 are indebted to M. Adanfon * for this difcovery, who 

 rlrft obferved them in the month of October, after 

 their migration out of Europe, on the fhores of that 

 kingdom : but whether it was this fpecies alone, or 

 all the European kinds, he is filent. 



The houfe fwallow is diftinguifhed from all others 



by the fuperior forkinefs of its tail, and by the red 



fpot on the forehead, and under the chin. 



Defer. The crown of the head, the whole upper part of 



the body, and the coverts of the wings are black, 



• Voyage to Senegal, p. iai. 



glofTed 



