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of these insects : but for other particulars, 

 too long for this place, we refer the reader 

 to VHistoire d'lnsectes of that admirable 

 entomologist. Tom. iv. pi. 11. 



LETTER XVI. 



TO THE SAME. 

 DEAR SIR ; Selbobne, Nov. 20, 1773. 



In obedience to your injunctions I sit 

 down to give you some account of the 

 house-martin, or martlet; and, if my mono- 

 graphy of this little domestic and familiar 

 bird should happen to meet with your ap- 

 probation, I may probably soon extend my 

 inquiries to the rest of the British hirun- 

 dines — the swallow, the swift, and the 

 bank-martin. 



A few house-martins begin to appear 

 about the sixteenth of April; usually some 



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