SWALLOW. 277 



* THREE TOES FORWARD, AND ONE BACKWARD. 



1.— CHIMNEY SWALLOW. 



Hi rundo rustica, Inch Orn. ii. p. 572. Lin. i. 343. Faun. suec. No. 270. Gm.Lin.i. 



1015. Scop. i. No. 249. Brun. No. 289. Muller, No. 287. Kram. 380. Georgi, 



175. JV«c/i, t.18. Faun. arag. 90. Sepp, Vog. t.p.31. Klein, 82. 2. Id. Stem. 



15. 1. 17. f. 2. a— c. Jd. Or. 27. 1. 10. f. 2. Boroicsk, iii. 155. ScAa?/. e/. Orn. 



t. 40. Tern. Man. d'Orn. 265. Id. Ed. ii. 427. Zifl. Trans, xiii. t. 315. 

 Hirundo domestica, Gerin. iv. t. 409. f. 1. Bris. ii. 486. Ttf. 8vo. i. 294. Rati, 71. 



A. 1. Will. 155. t. 39. Robert. Ic. pi. 3. 

 Hirondelle de Cheminee, Buf. vi. 591. pi. 25. 1. PL enl. 543. 1. 

 Schwalbe, Gunth. Nest. u. Ey. 62. t. 15. lower fig. Naturf. xvii. 109. Id. xxv. 20. 

 Rauch-Schwalbe, Bechst. Deutsch. Ed.W. V. 3. p. 902. Vog.Kurl.84. Schmid,Vog. 



p. 71. 1. 58. 

 Rondine minore, Zinnan. Uov. 48. t. 7. f. 35. Cett. Uc. Sard. p. 227. 

 Chimney, or Common Swallow, Gen.Syn.'w. 561. Id. Sup. 192. Br. Zool. \. No. 168. 



pi. 58. Id. fol. 96. Id. Ed. 1812. p. 543. pi. 65. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 330. Phil. 



Trans, lxi. p. 459. Jd. liii. p. 101. Id. lxv. p. 258. 343. Albin, i. pi. 45. JFW. 



.Bng/. 212. pi. 39. Collins' s Birds, pi. 2. f. 7. 8. Bewick, i. pi. p. 252. Lewin, 



iii. pi. 123. Shaw's Zool. x. p. 84. pi. 9. Walcot, ii. pi. 251. Pult. Dors. p. 13. 



Orn. Diet. Sf Supp. Wood's Zoogr. i. p. 497. Graves's Br. Orn. Forst. Observ. 



LENGTH six inches and a half; breadth eleven and three 

 quarters; weight between five and six drachms. Bill black ; irides 

 hazel ; forehead and chin red, inclining to chestnut ; general colour 

 of the plumage above black, with a rich gloss of purplish bine ; 

 breast and belly white; the tail much forked, all the feathers, except 

 the two middle ones, marked with an oval white spot on the inner 

 web, near the end ; legs very short, and blackish. In the female, 

 the outer feathers of the tail are not so long as in the female. 



This is well known throughout England, coming the end of 

 March,* or beginning of April, and departing in September; with 

 us it generally builds in chimneys, within five or six feet of the top, 



* For the most part the first week in April, but I have seen them as early as the 26th 

 of March. 



