ORD. III. GEN. XIII. SWALLOW. 



SPE. III. SAND MARTIN. ' 

 PI. 126. 



Hirundo riparia. Lin. Syft. I. p. 344. 

 L'Hirondelle de rivage. Brif. Orn. II. p. 506. 



This is the leaft bird of the genus that frequents this kingdom ■, being in length 

 four inches and three quarters. The bill is blackifh : the upper parts of the 

 body are moufe coloured: the throat, and all the under parts, white, excepting 

 a bar of moufe colour acrofs the upper part of the breaft: the legs blacking 

 and fmooth, except a few fmall feathers behind. The tail is very (lightly 

 forked. & 



This fpecies for the molt part frequents the banks of rivers, and fand pits, 

 where it digs deep horizontal holes in the fides, at the end of which it forms its 

 neft, fimply of dried fibres, er ftraw, mixed with a few feathers. It lays about 

 five eggs, of a clear and tranfparent white, as in PI. XXVIII. Fig. 3. 



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