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REPTILES AND BIRDS. 



these proper sentiments yield to the love of destruction — where their 

 innocent confidence is rewarded by death. 



The greater number of this genus have the breast and belly white, 

 and the upper parts of the body black, tinted with reflected blue 

 or peach colour. The White Collared Swift (Cypsdus cayanensis, Fig. 



Fig. 221. — The White Collared Swift. 



22 1), a South American species, scarcely follows this description, 

 it having two white line marks diverging from the bill. There are 

 about sixty species spread over the globe, of which' six only are natives 

 of Europe. 



This family are familiarly known as Swifts, Swallows, House 

 Martins, and Sand Martins. Of these the Swift ( Cypselus apus, Fig. 2 2 2), 



