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The Martin or Martinet. Hirundo agreflis. 



Numb. LVI. 



IT S Length was fix Inches; Breadth ten Inches and a half; its Bill and Head very 

 much deprefled and flat as in the Houfe- Swallows', the upper Mandible fomewhat 

 longer than the nether; the Mouth yellow within fide; the Tongue cloven; the 

 Irides of the Eyes of a redifh Colour ; the Feet fmall and Legs Ihort, and covered to 

 the very Claws with a white down, by which Note it is to be diftinguiilied from all 

 thofc of the Swallow Kind. 



Its Head, Neck, Back, Tail, and Wings are of the fame Colour with the Swallow's^ 

 but fadder and not lb gloffy ; its Rump, Breaft, and Belly white, under the Chin the 

 white is more obfcure; in each Wing is eighteen matter Feathers; from the tenth to 

 the fcventccnth have their Tips broad and indented ; the Tail is lefs forked than the Swal- 

 low'i, ; the outmoft Feathers two Inches and a half long. This Bird builds a round. 

 Neft covered above, leaving a round Hole in the Side by which it goes in and out. 

 In the Stomachs of the Youns; was found Flies and Beetles. 



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The Sa?id Ma7~ti?t. Hirundo riparia. 



THIS Bird is the leaft of all the Swallow Kind, being from the Tip of the Bill 

 to the End of the Tail, but five Inches long; its Bill is fmall, fharp, flat, 

 black, as in the.refl: of this Kind ; from the Point to the Angles of the Mouth half 

 an Inch long; its Tongue cloven; its Eyes great; its Feet dusky; at the Rife of the 

 back Toe, a few fmall Feathers grow, eUe the Legs are bare as far as the Knees. 



Its Head, Neck, and Back are of a dark dun or moufe Colour ; the Number of the 

 Feathers in the Wings and Tail are the fame as in other Swallows-, but the quill 

 Feathers of the Wings are darker than thofe of the Coverts, and Back ; from the 

 tenth to the laft of all of equal Length; the fix next to the tenth, have their Tips 

 broad and indented ; the middle Feathers of the Tail are an Inch and three quarters 

 long, the outmoft an Inch and half. It builds in Holes of river Banks and fand Pits; 

 makes its Ncft of Straws, and Bent of Grafs, &c. within of Feathers, on which it 

 lays its Eggs : it differs from the common Martin in having no white on its Rump, 

 nor its Feet feathered as that hath. 



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