244 SAND MARTIN. Clafs II. 



with the fame materials, and in the fame form as the 

 the houfe fwallow, only its neft is covered above, 

 having only a fmall hole for admittance- We have 

 alfo feen this (pedes build againft the fides of high 

 cliffs over the fea. It is a later breeder than the pre- 

 ceding by fome days : but both will lay twice in the 

 feafon ; and the latter broodor this fpecies have been 

 obferved to come forth fo late as the eighteenth of 

 September % yet that year (1766) they entirely quitted 

 our fight by the fifth of Gfiober ; not but they fome- 

 times continue here much later : the martins and red 

 wing thrufhes having been feen flying in view on the 

 feventh of November. 



III. The S A N D MA R T I N; 



L'Hirondelle de rivage. Belon Cat. Carol, upp. 



av. 379. Rondone ripana. Xinan. 40. 



Hirundo riparia, feu Drepanis. Hirundo riparia. Lin./yji. 344^ 



Gcfner a<v. 565 . - Crand-fwala, Back-fwala. Faun. 



Dardanelli. Aldr. aw. ii. 312. Suec. /p. 273 



Sand Martin, or Shore Bird. Dam's Dig-v. Jord-fvale, ooif-- 



Wil. orn. 213. bakke. Norieg. Sand-Kcgnne. 



Raiifyn. az>. 71. Br. 291. 



L'Hirondelle de rivage. Brijfon Geitetten-fchwalbe. Kram. 38U 



a-v, 



ii. 506. Br.Zcol, 97. plate Q_t. 1 



'TpHIS is the left of the genus that frequents Great- 

 Defcr. Britain. The head and whole upper part of the 



body are moufe colored : the throat white, encircled 

 with a moufe colored ring : the belly white : the feet 

 fmooth and black. 



It builds in holes in fand pits, and in the banks 

 of rivers. It makes its neft of hay, flraw, &c. and 

 lines it with feathers : it lays five or fix eggs, which 

 are white, as are all thofe of this tribe. 



IV. The 



